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Ronan Farrow on Lies, Power and Predators

3 December 2020 @ 6:30 pm

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Catch and Kill

In his book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect PredatorsRonan Farrow sheds light on the stranger-than-fiction challenges of reporting on his Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker exposé of one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers. Farrow reveals the inexplicable resistance he faced from the major television network where he worked and how he himself became the target of intimidation tactics as he got closer to the truth, the conspiracies and the cover-ups—similar strategies long deployed to silence victims of sexual abuse. Join Farrow in conversation with Globe and Mail investigative reporter Robyn Doolittle, author of Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo?

 

 

Tuesday, December 3, 2019
6pm Doors open 7pm Discussion

Reception to follow (cash bar)
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles St. West Toronto

Special offer: Save $20 on seats using promo code CJF-20. Limited seats available.

Each ticket purchase includes a copy of Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Ronan Farrow is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, where his investigative reporting has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the National Magazine Award, and the George Polk Award, among other honours. He is also currently producing documentaries for HBO. He previously worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at MSNBC and NBC News with his print commentary and reporting appearing in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Before his career in journalism, he served as a State Department official in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence. Farrow has been named one of Time Magazine‘s 100 Most Influential People and one of GQ‘s Men of the Year. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the New York Bar. He recently completed a Ph.D. in political science at Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives in New York. @RonanFarrow

ABOUT THE HOST

Robyn Doolittle is an award-winning journalist and author. She is a member of the Globe and Mail’s investigative team and is a two-time winner of Canada’s Michener Award. Robyn’s probe into the ways that Canadian police services handle sexual assault cases prompted a national overhaul of policy, training and practices around sexual violence. For that work, she was awarded a National Newspaper Award for investigative journalism and was named the 2017 journalist of the year. Robyn released her second book this fall: Had It Coming; What’s Fair In The Age Of #MeToo? @robyndoolittle

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Date:
3 December 2020
Time:
6:30 pm
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