The Road to Sochi: Sports, Diplomacy and the Media

The Spring 2014 CPD-Journalism Forum examined the intersection of sports, journalism and international relations, as Russia plays host to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics (February 7-23).

Panelists:

• Derek Shearer, former ambassador to Finland; Stuart Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College
• Alan Abrahamson, award-winning sportswriter; lecturer at USC Annenberg School of Journalism; will be covering the Sochi Games, his seventh Olympics
• Daniel Durbin, director of the Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society at USC (moderator)