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SUMMARY:Alsu Kurmasheva\, Roger Carstens & Almar Latour
DESCRIPTION:Press freedom advocate and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva and U.S. hostage negotiator Roger D. Carstens join Almar Latour\, the CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal\, in conversation for the Chautauqua Lecture Series to close a week on “The Global Rise of Authoritarianism.”  \nAlsu Kurmasheva is a journalist and editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)\, where she has reported extensively on cultural and human rights issues in Russia’s Volga-Ural region. She first joined RFE/RL in 1998 as a radio program moderator and has since built a career covering the experiences of ethnic minorities in Russia. Her reporting has also focused on gender issues\, with in-depth investigations into domestic violence and women’s rights.  \nIn October 2023\, Kurmasheva was detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. Two months later\, she was accused of spreading “false” information about the Russian military\, a charge linked to her alleged role in distributing a book featuring accounts from Russians opposed to the invasion of Ukraine. Held for more than nine months\, in July 2024\, Kurmasheva was sentenced to six and a half years in prison. In August 2024\, she was released as part of a prisoner exchange that also saw the return of fellow American journalist\, The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.  \nFollowing her release from detention in Russia\, she has emerged as a vocal advocate for press freedom\, drawing on her own experience of imprisonment to highlight the risks journalists face in authoritarian regimes.  \nAmbassador Roger D. Carstens is the inaugural John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners distinguished senior fellow at the McCain Institute in Washington. Prior to assuming this role\, Carstens was the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs at the U.S. Department of State. He previously served in Amman\, Jordan\, as the country director for a U.S.-based international NGO that provided humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons. Prior positions include senior civilian advisor on the Commander’s Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT) in Afghanistan; project director for an NGO based in Somalia; senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security; and special assistant for legislative affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. \nCarstens is a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served in Special Forces and the 1st Ranger Battalion. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and holds master’s degrees from the U.S. Naval War College and St. John’s College. Carstens is the recipient of the 2023 Robert A. Levinson Excellence in Government Service Award\, the St. John’s College Alumni Association’s Award of Merit\, and was selected as a Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment. \nAlmar Latour is publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of Dow Jones\, a world-leading news and business information services company. He was named CEO in 2020 and\, under his leadership\, Dow Jones has delivered record financial results\, more than doubling profitability in four years\, with significant growth in subscriptions and business information services. The company has doubled digital subscriptions\, while safeguarding The Wall Street Journal’s reputation as one of the world’s most-trusted news organizations. Dow Jones’ portfolio of business information offerings including Factiva\, OPIS and Risk & Compliance provide businesses with key data and insights to make better decisions.   \nLatour has an extensive track record of building successful news media businesses in the digital age. He oversaw the creation of the Barron’s Group\, quadrupling the group’s digital audience at Barron’s and MarketWatch\, and led the modernization of The Wall Street Journal’s website. He also led the development of The Wall Street Journal in Japan\, Korea and China.   \nLatour has been stationed as a journalist in Brussels\, London\, Stockholm\, New York and Hong Kong. He has also served as a bureau chief in New York\, the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal online\, and the editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones in Asia-Pacific before being appointed its executive editor.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/alsu-kurmasheva-almar-latour/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly
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