Will the world be a safer place when more women occupy positions of power? Rukmini Callimachi and Anne Summers

Note:

Due to recent events in Paris, our expected guest Rukmini Callimachi – New York Times foreign correspondent specialising in Islamic extremism – is unable to travel to Australia for The Interrobang. Unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel her discussion with Anne Summers. We apologise for any inconvenience and of course, disappointment. 

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Journalists on dangerous beats have a question to ask themselves: how much are answers worth?

Rukmini Callimachi has spent a life with difficult questions in hand – first as a student of poetry at university, and currently as a highly-respected New York Times foreign correspondent specialising in Islamic extremism. She spent eight years in Senegal as the West Africa Bureau chief for Associated Press, and is a two-time Pulitzer finalist.

Callimachi will speak with esteemed Australian journalist and author Anne Summers (Damned Whores and God’s Police; The Misogyny Factor) about the challenges and surprises of reporting in the world’s most dangerous places – as well as about the prospects of women in Islamic countries, whether we can trust what we hear through news outlets, and what prejudices reporters bring to their subjects. How do journalists prepare for interviews with terrorists – and how is trust negotiated both ways?

Hear from two female journalists about the influence of gender and power on global and personal safety.