Nicole Hemmer to visit BU

We are excited to announce that Nicole Hemmer (UVA) is in town next week, November 15 & 16 for a pair of talks at BU. On Tuesday, November 15 at 6:00pm, she will be leading a graduate student professionalization workshop, Beyond the Op-Ed Page: Public Engagement in the New Media Age. Then, on Wednesday, November 16, at noon, Hemmer will present for the APHI Seminar Series, speaking about “Conservative Media, Liberal Bias, and the Origins of Balance.”

Hemmer, the author Messengers of the Right, a history of conservative media in the United States, is also a contributing editor to U.S. News & World Report, where she writes a weekly column about politics and history, and a syndicated columnist for The Age in Melbourne, Australia. Her writing appears in a number of national and international publications, including the New York Times, the Atlantic, The New Republic, Politico, Vox, and the Los Angeles Times. She also co-hosts and produces Past Present, a history podcast that launched in October 2015.