Nicholas Kristof has traveled to some of the world’s most depressed countries — and found hope along the way,

 On Thursday, June 6, the Columbia Basin Badger Club will present an online forum featuring the journalist and author, who will talk about his new memoir, “Chasing Hope: A Reporter’s Life.” In it, the two-time Pulitzer Winner. recounts his event-filled path from his family’s small farm in Yamhill, Oregon to the far corners of the world, in the process traveling to some 150 countries.

 Kristof has worked 40 years for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and, since 2001, a columnist. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Today Kristof continues to write columns but spends much of his time in Oregon on the family’s former sheep ranch and cherry orchard, which the couple is converting to an apple cider orchard and vineyard. This Forum presented on Zoom.