Title: Tactics for an age of division
Time + Date: 2:00 pm ET | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Speaker: Jessica Stone | Journalist + Author @ Crossing the Divide: 20 Lessons to Help You Thrive in Cross-Cultural Environments
Jessica is a Washington-based news anchor and correspondent who covers the intersection of politics and business around the world.
Jessica's work has appeared in the South China Morning Post, Yahoo Finance, Stansberry Research, Public Radio International, USA Today, the Washington Times, and across the US on CBS and FOX stations.
She picked up many of her cross-cultural observations while reporting for China Global Television in Brazil, China, Canada, and Vietnam, including the second summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in Hanoi.
In 2016 and 2012, Jessica was the lead political reporter for the network during the US presidential race. She also co-anchored coverage of the historic 2016 presidential race. Jessica also broke a series of reports on the death of Private Danny Chen, a Chinese-American soldier who was so badly hazed, he committed suicide. In 2013, she released her first documentary: Oil Sands at a Crossroads about Chinese investment in Canada’s oil sands production.
Jessica’s political coverage includes the 2016 and 2012 presidential races, the midterms in 2018, 2014, and 2010 – including an interview with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and live coverage from the unexpected three-way US Senate Race for Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Jessica also covered the GTMO trial of Ibrahim Al-Qosi, an associate of Osama Bin Laden, and the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. In 2009, she embedded with the US Army’s 10 Mountain Division to cover the national presidential elections in Afghanistan. She is fluent in French and a member of Investigative Reporters & Editors. She is a past president and vice president of the White House Foreign Press Group and a member of the White House Correspondents’ Association.
You can follow Jessica on Twitter at @JessicaStoneTV.
Format:
Brigadoon Monthly Calls are 45-minute moderated discussions led by a subject matter expert in an emerging issue shaping commerce and culture.
The guest speaker makes opening remarks for ten minutes and takes questions for the balance of the call.
All calls happen using Google Meet.
Just like all Brigadoon gatherings, the call is powerpoint free and conversation-driven.
Cost:
Brigadoon Monthly Calls are free to all Brigadoon Members in good standing or $25.00 - $45.00 for other participants.
$45.00 = Access to live call + Signed copy of her book
35.00 = Access to live call
$25.00 = Access to recorded call
