REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Last day to Register for this in-person event: Wednesday, March 6.
The Venue for this in-person event will be The Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI.
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Registrations and payments will not be accepted after Wednesday, March 6.
Frank Langfitt will draw on his extensive experience reporting from overseas on the European view of the US as a past, present, and future strategic partner. In light of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, this Trans-Atlantic relationship is as important as ever.
Frank Langfitt recently became NPR's Global Democracy correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He covers threats to democracy at home and abroad.
Previously, Langfitt spent nearly two decades as an international correspondent reporting from more than 50 countries and territories. Based most recently in London, he covered the UK and Ireland, as well as the war in Ukraine and its implications in Europe.
Langfitt was one of three NPR correspondents in Ukraine when Russia invaded in February 2022. He reported on battlefield tactics, Europe's political response, the impact of Western weapons, Finland and Sweden's push to join NATO and the war's effect on front-line states, including Moldova and Poland.
Langfitt arrived in London in June 2016. A week later, the UK voted for Brexit. He went on to cover the most tumultuous period in British politics in decades, including five prime ministers. Langfitt also reported on Chinese influence campaigns, terror attacks, a renewed push for Scottish independence, political tensions in Northern Ireland and the death of the Queen.
In 2022, Langfitt won an Edward R. Murrow award for a journey across London exploring the evolution of the English pub. Langfitt has contributed to multiple NPR podcasts, including Consider This. He has also appeared on the BBC and PBS Newshour.
Before Europe, Langfitt spent five years as an NPR correspondent in China, where he covered the first term of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Based in Shanghai, Langfitt also drove a free taxi around the city for a series on a changing China as seen through the eyes of ordinary people. Langfitt expanded his reporting into a book, The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China. (Public Affairs, Hachette).
While in China, Langfitt also reported on the government's infamous Black Jails — secret detention centers — as well as his own struggles taking China's drivers test, which he failed three times.
Before moving to Shanghai, Langfitt was NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi. He covered the civil war in Somalia, helped track elephants in South Sudan, and interviewed imprisoned Somali pirates, who insisted they were just misunderstood fishermen. During the Arab Spring, Langfitt covered the crushing of the democracy movement in Bahrain.
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