Covering Campus Protests: An Inside Look from The Associated Press
Thursday, March 20, 2025 |
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Northern Kentucky University - Digitorium (Griffin Hall) |
Details
Last spring, college campuses became the center of national news, as students protested the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Join journalists from The Associated Press for a behind-the-scenes look at all-night, on-the-ground reporting and a discussion of how today’s college students are changing the way reporters work.
Speaker
Krysta Fauria
The Associated Press
Campus Protests
Biography
Krysta Fauria first joined AP in 2015 as a video producer in Washington, D.C. Later, she moved to Los Angeles as a multi-format journalist covering politics and breaking news, before shifting mostly to entertainment. Last spring, she provided key coverage of UCLA campus protests, managing to get inside the barricade to report what was happening throughout the night.
Jake Offenhartz
The Associated Press
Campus Protests
Biography
Jake Offenhartz covers New York City policing, courts, City Hall and protests. Last spring, he covered demonstrations at Columbia and elsewhere in New York, from the beginning until the NYPD cleared encampments – and beyond. He built relationships with students and faculty, allowing him to report a behind-the-scenes look at how Columbia students planned the encampment that spurred a national movement, and landing an exclusive interview that picked apart the “outside agitator” narrative pushed by politicians.
Chrissie Thompson
Director, Education Reporting Network
The Associated Press
Campus Protests
Biography
Chrissie Thompson is the founding director of AP’s Education Reporting Network, an effort to collaborate with and support local and nonprofit newsrooms throughout the U.S. Her team has won a National Headliner award and a Gramling, AP’s highest honor, and last year was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Before joining AP, she founded the award-winning education team at USA Today. Chrissie started her career covering the auto industry in Detroit and then served as a politics reporter and editor for The Cincinnati Enquirer, where she served as an editor on the team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. She is based in Spokane, Washington.
