At the Columbia School of Journalism, thanks to Sharaf Mowjood, President of the South Asian Journalists Association, and mimic extraordinaire. Full video here.
I never intended a tour, but it looks like it’s turning into one. Starting with Stanford Law School a few weeks ago, American Law last week, and Columbia Journalism on Friday, the next few months will take me to about a dozen other venues to speak about Adnan’s case and, naturally, Serial. In at least half of these places, a good friend is the organizer and invited me, and heck I can’t say no to a friend. That, and the fact that the venues are packed, often sold out quickly, means people really have been impacted by Adnan’s story. I keep thinking at some point the public will tire and move on, but am so grateful that it’s not happened. I also worry that I’ll keep saying the same things over and over, and there is certainly some repetition, but even so every event so far has drawn out different information and discussions. Makes sense of course, a conversation with law students will certainly sound different than one with journalism students. Continue reading
