I’ve delivered author talks and college lectures, made numerous media appearances, and participated in panels on a variety of topics, including immigration, feminism, and journalism. Please see below for a few highlights.
“Brooke is a gifted speaker and panel moderator. She has deep experience as an editor, writer, and journalist and broad knowledge of print and popular culture. And she can talk about it all with wit, insight, and warmth. Brooke is captivating. She moderated and spoke on a panel with me and others at the Springfield Museums exploring connections between Thomas Hart Benton’s masterpiece New England Editor and the problem of fake news — and she was brilliant.” —Kathy Roberts Forde, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Massachusetts Amherst
PANELS (MODERATOR)
Navigating the News: Safeguarding Journalism in an Age of Misinformation
Smith College (View video)
Fake News? Finding the Truth
Part of a daylong program, “Painting, Politics, and Performance: Thomas Hart Benton’s America,” at the Springfield Museums
LECTURES
From Paper to People: A Journalistic Approach to the Archives
On writing Enter Helen and researching the life of Helen Gurley Brown
Smith College (View video)
More than skin-deep: Uncovering the “real” Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmo editor, feminist outcast
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Learning America: The Pursuit of Knowledge
On reporting The New Kids, which chronicles the lives of young immigrant and refugee students as they adapt to life in the United States
COMMON READING
The New Kids has been used in numerous high school and college curriculums and was chosen as a common read by the following schools, which invited me to speak as a lecturer:
- Tarleton State University, Texas
- University of Vermont, The Honors College
- University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
AUTHOR READINGS & TALKS
- Amherst Woman’s Club
- The Miami Book Fair
- POWERHOUSE Arena, Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Brooklyn Historical Society
- Tenement Museum bookstore, N.Y.C.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
“All News is Local: Brooke Hauser”
Episode #31, In Contrast, New England Public Media
Part of the Feminism Archives
“Brooke Hauser: New Editor at the Daily Hampshire Gazette”
Connecting Point, New England Public Media
Part of Women@Work: Influence and Impact, a Springfield-wide collaborative of programs, exhibitions, and gatherings celebrating the power of women
CNN Original Series: “American Style”
A four-part documentary series on America’s fashion history featuring Tim Gunn, Donna Karan, André Leon Talley, Christie Brinkley, Isaac Mizrahi, Vanessa Williams, Diane von Furstenberg, and more