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Take a break on May Day to hear two journalists discuss their memoirs of working in Russia.

Registrants will receive a link to join via Zoom on the day of the program.

Jill Dougherty’s My Russia is a memoir detailing her 50-plus years working and studying in Russia. Although Jill is best known for being the former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief and its current Russia expert, she’s been in and out of Russia since 1969. The book covers modern Russian history—particularly the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin—as well as Jill’s personal history.

Marvin Kalb’s A Different Russia is the third of his three memoirs, detailing his work in Russia from the late 1950s into the early 1960s. The book covers Kalb’s work as the CBS Moscow correspondent, covering Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and in particular, the Cuban Missile Crisis. The book is based on extensive records from Kalb’s time in Moscow, including all the scripts he wrote for CBS and copies of all the letters he and his wife wrote and received during their time in Russia. Kalb draws many comparisons between the Russia of Khrushchev and the Russia of Vladimir Putin.

OPC Governor Beth Knobel, an associate professor at Fordham University who spent 14 years working as a journalist based in Russia, most of it as Moscow Bureau Chief for CBS News, will moderate.