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1:30pm EDT

Saturday May 30, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT

Tsai Performance Center @ 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Three media leaders convene for a multigenerational, bilingual Spanish-English conversation on the challenges and future of journalism around the globe.

Speakers

Marty Baron

Former Editor, Boston Globe & Washington Post

Martin Baron is an American journalist who was editor of The Washington Post from December 31, 2012, until his retirement on February 28, 2021. He was previously editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012; during that period, the Globe's coverage of the Boston Catholic sexual abuse scandal earned... Read More →

Paola Ramos

Contributor, MS Now/ Telemundo & Host, The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos

Paola Ramos is an author and Emmy-Award winning journalist. Ramos is a contributor for Telemundo News and MSNBC/MS NOW. She is also the co-host of iHeartMedia’s “The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos” Ramos is a former Corresponded for Vice News. Her reporting has taken her along... Read More →

Javier Marin

Media Entrepreneur, Founder of Tiempo & El Planeta

Javier Marín is a media entrepreneur and author of Live from America: How Latino TV Conquered the U.S. Founder of Tiempo Company, publisher of El Planeta and El Tiempo Latino. A Harvard Business School alum, he explores media, identity, and the growing power of Spanish in shaping America’s... Read More →

Saturday May 30, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center

Media

2:15pm EDT

Bloodlines & Bylines: Robin Young & Zolan Kanno-Youngs in Conversation

Saturday May 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT

Marsh Chapel @ 735 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

The longtime Here & Now host and her nephew, a New York Times White House correspondent, trade personal newsroom anecdotes and discuss how family, trust and ethics can shape journalism in today’s turbulent political moment.

Speakers

Zolan Kanno-Youngs

White House Correspondent, The New York Times

Zolan Kanno-Youngs is a White House Correspondent for The New York Times. He is on a team of reporters covering President Trump and his agenda. While he covers domestic and foreign policy broadly, his work focuses on immigration, homeland security, race and inequality. Based in the Washington bureau... Read More →

Robin Young

Co-Host, Here & Now, WBUR

Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS and ABC television and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for "The Today S... Read More →

Saturday May 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Marsh Chapel