The 2024 Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture Thursday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. in Anderson Theatre on the Hartwick College campus will be delivered by Mike McIntire. His presentation, “Investigative Journalism and Democracy,” is free and open to the public.
McIntire will cover the importance of investigative journalism in maintaining a strong democracy and draw from his investigations on issues such as the hidden financial incentives behind police traffic stops, covert Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and obtaining and reporting on Donald Trump’s tax returns during the 2020 presidential campaign.
McIntire is a New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for the reporting that went into his book, “Champions Way: Football, Florida and the Lost Soul of College Sports,” which explores corruption in college sports.
McIntire graduated from Hartwick in 1985 with a degree in political science.
The lecture honors Leslie Rude who was a Hartwick College faculty member and administrator. Following his death in 1998, his widow, Marion Rude, and Professor Emeritus Norma Hutman established the Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture to reflect his passionate interests in political science and public speaking and his commitment to public life. The annual lecture aims to bring a prominent speaker with political expertise to the Hartwick campus to share ideas with students, faculty and community members about issues pertinent to the current political climate.
For additional information on the Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture, contact Laurel Elder, professor of political science, at elderl@hartwick.edu or
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