An injury that forced The Idiot to postpone the resumption of his MedTrek in Gaza and Egypt this month enabled him to attend his 45th class reunion at the Columbia School of Journalism in New York on April 15-16.
Not only did The Idiot get up close and personal with former classmates but he also got the scoop on trends in social media, discussed the issue of race in journalism, attended a workshop on virtual reality and talked about The Idiot and the Odyssey books.
He encouraged everyone he ran into, from social media guru Sree Sreenivasan to classmate and Pulitizer Prize winner Margo Jefferson, to take a selfie or pose for a sexy photo.
Former Columbia Journalism School new media professor Sree Sreenivasan, now the chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, takes a selfie with The Idiot.
(Photo: Sree Sreenivasan)
Social media maestro Sree Sreenivasan, named one of Fast Company magazine’s 25 Most Creative People, interviews The Idiot’s classmate Hillard Pouncy and Terrence McCoy from The Washington Post.
An Idiot-ic selfie with Margo Jefferson, the author of Negroland: A Memoir, and David Gonzalez of The New York Times.
The Idiot with classmates and authors Camille Wilson and Gerthie Hartley Owtram.
Dilip Kumar Mirchandani and The Idiot informed Liz Chapin that they attended Stanford together before they entered the Columbia School of Journalism.
The Idiot with former Voice of America foreign correspondent Alex Belida and our pal Thomas Jefferson.
(Photo: Reginald Stuart)
The Idiot and classmate Reginald Stuart, a former president of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The Idiot with classmate and intrepid reporter Louise Levathes.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Columbia Journalism School Class of 1971 classmates Louise Levathes, The Idiot, Pat Reber and Aileen Jacobson hold up a poster promoting Gerthie Hartley Owtram’s Weed, her latest book of poems that will be published in May.
Some members of the Columbia School of Journalism Class of ’71 even made it to the group photo.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The Columbia Journalism School Class of ’71 goes Greek during dinner at the Symposium.
Giving Columbia School of Journalism classmate Harry Stein a goodbye hug before leaving New York.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The Idiot also had a professional reason to attend the Columbia School of Journalism reunion. He invited Sree Sreenivasan, Margo Jefferson, Gerthie Hartley Owtram, Harry Stein and everyone else to join him on the MedTrek from Gaza to Alexandria, Egypt, next November.
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