WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:30 - 7:45 PM
Networking Reception: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Presentation including Q&A: 6:30 - 7:45 PM
PROGRAM: New York Times prize-winning economics writer Louis Uchitelle will discuss the current "Great Recession" in New York and beyond. He will also share insights from his 2006 book "The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences." The book will be available for sale (ca. $15), and Mr. Uchitelle will be glad to sign copies. Please join us for this interesting and insightful presentation on the most important issue of today!
Louis Uchitelle has covered economics for The New York Times since 1987, focusing on business issues, monetary and fiscal policy and labor trends, particularly the unwinding of job security and the spread of layoffs. He originated and served as lead reporter for a series of seven stories published in March 1996 that explored the layoff phenomenon. The series, “The Downsizing of America,’’ won a Polk Award.
He also is the author of “The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences,’’ published by Knopf in 2006. He reported extensively on the Federal Reserve during Alan Greenspan’s early years as chairman and produced, for The Times Magazine, the first detailed magazine profile of Mr. Greenspan’s performance.
In the early 1990s, he spent weeks in Russia and Ukraine reporting on the former Soviet Union’s plunge into capitalism. He was the only journalist from a major American publication sent to concentrate on the economic transformation then taking place.
Mr. Uchitelle was a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York in 2002-03 and taught journalism for many years at Columbia University’s School of General Studies. Before joining The Times, he worked for The Associated Press as a reporter, an editor and a foreign correspondent in Latin America. He and his wife, Joan Uchitelle, live in Scarsdale, N.Y. They have two grown daughters.
WHERE: Skadden Arps, 4 Times Square at Broadway (between 42nd and 43rd Street) 37th Floor. Enter on 42nd or 43rd St. side.
DIRECTIONS: Use any public transportation going into Times Square.
RSVP: To Vida Cohen at cohen.v@att.net by close of business Thursday, May 14th. In honor of its Centennial and of the outstanding nature of this program, SLA-NY is once again delighted to invite non-members, including our colleagues from other organizations of information professionals, to join us at no charge. Vida will confirm your RSVP, so if you have not received an email response, please re-send your RSVP. All attendees must be on the security list in advance.
NOTE: Please be sure to cancel in advance if you find you are unable to attend this or any event for which you have RSVP'd in the affirmative. We make this request because catering costs are based on the number of RSVPs received. We look forward to continuing our Centennial Celebration and hope you will attend our forthcoming events, which are listed at the bottom of this announcement.
** Please email Vida by close of business on Friday, May 15th if you have to cancel your RSVP.
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