Peter Canby on Truth [Livestream]
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About the speaker
Peter Canby on Truth
For Peter Canby, former head of fact checking at The New Yorker, truth isnât just a philosophical abstraction â it has real life consequences. When big stories break in the pages of The New Yorker, it can turn the lives of its subjects â and writers â upside down. Join us on November 18 to hear Canby share war stories from managing these detonations before stories go to print. From speaking with everyone mentioned (including blind sources) and filling in missing sides of the argument, to negotiating the complicated dance between the writer, the writer's sources, and the editor, learn how he empowered his team of fact checkers to pursue the truth.
About Peter Canby
Peter Canby was a senior editor at The New Yorker and ran the fact-checking department. He is the author of âThe Heart of the Sky: Travels Among the Maya.â His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Review of Books, The Nation, Harperâs, and elsewhere. His work has been anthologized in Best American Science Writing, Best American Travel Writing, and Best Adventure and Survival Stories.
Local partners
Local Partner â MPB
MPB transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade photo and video gear. As the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment, MPB is a destination for everyone, whether youâve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or youâre already a pro.
Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB has always been committed to making gear more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualize a more sustainable future. MPB recirculates more than 485,000 used products every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brooklyn, Brighton and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.
Local Partner â Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the businessâand Harvest was born.
Venue Partner - Japan Society
Japan Society Japan Society presents sophisticated, topical and accessible experiences of Japanese art and culture, and facilitates the exchange of ideas, knowledge and innovation between the U.S. and Japan. Visit their website to learn more about their world-class exhibitions, dynamic performing arts, film retrospectives, family activities, language classes, high-profile talks, and more.
Global Partner â Mailchimp More than 15 million people and businesses around the world use Mailchimpâs marketing automation platform to to reach their customers and grow their business. Mailchimp shares CreativeMorningsâ belief that weâre better when we work together.
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đ”Featuring Music by Rabasi Joss
Rabasi Joss is a GRAMMY Award-nominated producer and a Brooklyn-based jazz/folk singer-songwriter. She has been invited to open for Richie Havens, the Persuasions, Deb Talon, Ember Swift, Soul Inscribed and Brooklyn Raga Massive and has performed at venues including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Blue Note, Rockwood Music Hall, the Bitter End, and the Living Room. She is a two-time GRAMMY Foundation Grant recipient and winner of the Library of Congress Parsons Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Recorded at the legendary Magic Shop Studio (Norah Jones, David Bowie), her latest album “Heliotrope” explores the connection between intergenerational artists and features soul/hip hop band Soul Inscribed, jazz pianist Geri Allen and legendary jazz & blues vocalist Barbara Dane. She is also the founder of creative studio Arbo Radiko, where she collaborates with visionary media companies, cultural institutions, creative agencies, and artist estates to activate catalog media for brand storytelling.
