Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where, since 1991, he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. Alter will speak about his new book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One (May 2010, Simon & Schuster). His 2006 book, The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, was a national bestseller.