Journalist and TV Producer Alice Rhee to Speak at King’s
Rhee is the Senior Producer for the Washington Post’s digital video enterprise known as “Post TV.” Prior to this role, she spent her entire professional career at NBC News and MSNBC.
On March 12 at 6:30 pm, The King’s College will welcome two-time Emmy award winning television producer and multimedia journalist, Alice Rhee to speak on How The Journalism Of John McCandlish Phillips Remains Relevant In a Digital Media Age.
Her presentation is part of the John McCandlish Phillip’s lecture series sponsored by the McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute. “Alice is a talented, veteran journalist and producer,” said Institute director Paul Glader, who is also an associate professor of journalism at King’s. “Students and guests will gain a new admiration for the evolving work of video and broadcast journalism by hearing her speak.”
At present, Rhee is the Senior Producer for the Washington Post’s digital video enterprise known as “Post TV.” Prior to this role, she spent her entire professional career at NBC News and MSNBC. She covered major domestic and international news stories from presidential campaigns to the Mideast conflict.
Rhee graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and McGill University in Montreal.
Rhee will share some of her experiences leading digital video teams within a newspaper and her thoughts on the digital media landscape. She will also share some of the lessons that John McCandlish Phillips, her mentor, imparted to her during their 17 year friendship. And she will reflect on the changing times of journalism and the importance of diversity within newsrooms.
Rhee began her broadcast career in May 1996, when she joined a start-up venture between NBC News and Microsoft Corp. called MSNBC two weeks after receiving her Master’s degree in journalism. Within her first three months as an associate producer, she was on the scene at the crash of TWA flight #800 and the Democratic National Convention.
Her reporting career has spanned some of the most significant events in recent history: the 9/11 attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing trial, the handover of Hong Kong, Pope John Paul’s death, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rhee covered major domestic stories from the Binghamton, NY massacre, to the Columbine High School shootings, the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and the national security challenges in the post 9-11 era.
In the last year, the MPJI has hosted journalists such as Nigerian newsman Emeka Izeze, The Economist’s Matthew Bishop, the Hudson Institute’s Dr. Paul Marshall, and Michael Luo of The New York Times.
Rhee will speak in the City Room at The King’s College at 56 Broadway in lower Manhattan on Thursday, March 12 with a reception starting at 6:30 p.m. The speech starts at 7 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public, but please RSVP here.
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The Phillips Journalism Institute trains students for careers in media. The Institute teaches journalism, supervises internships, and fosters a community of ethical reporting and writing among top journalists. The Institute also hosts several events each year for journalists working in New York City and offers a select number of spots each semester for student journalists as part of the NYC Semester program, working at a NYC news outlet and taking classes at The King’s College. Apply here.