Tucson Festival of Books

Influencers Change Politics, Elections


Today's political landscape seems to change day by day, week by week. In this session, authors Paola Ramos and Elle Reeve will discuss some of the forces that are swaying the electorate, how they are influencing our country's future.


Panelists
Paola Ramos

Paola Ramos is an author and Emmy-Award winning journalist who contributes to Telemundo News and MSNBC, where she is the host of Field Report. She was also the Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, a political appointee during the Obama Administration, and part of President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign....

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Elle Reeve

Elle Reeve is a correspondent for CNN, where she reported from the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. She previously worked for Vice News, where she won two Emmys and a Peabody for her documentary on the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017....

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Books:
Black Pill
How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
Elle Reeve
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Simon and Schuster
July 2024
ISBN 9781982198886
304 pages

Defectors
The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
Paola Ramos
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
September 2024
ISBN 9780593701362
256 pages