MAPLEWOOD LIBRARY IDEAS FESTIVAL: TOP JOURNALISTS IN DISCUSSION TODAY
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Main Library Ilena
Silverman is the Features Editor at the New York Times Magazine. She
assigns and edits long stories ranging from profiles of presidential
candidates to narratives about kidnappings; she also edits the Diagnosis
column. She started her career at Harper’s Magazine and has been an
editor at Vogue and GQ. Rebecca
Blumenstein is Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal, a
role she assumed in January 2013, and is one of the highest-ranking
women to lead the newspaper. She received a a New York Newswomen’s
Award, was part of a team that won the Gerald Loeb Award, and she
oversaw the China team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International
Reporting.
Moderator
Brooke Lefferts was recently named the U.S. entertainment video editor
for The Associated Press. She is a former senior producer for Fox News
and an editor and writer for outlets including Today.com and
FoxNews.com.