November 3 2025 6:30 PM | ROOM 9206 GRADUATE CENTER CUNY 365 FIFTH AVE

Journalist and author Mirta Ojito presents her debut novel, Deeper than the Ocean. Moderated by NBC News Anchor Morgan Radford. Introduction by CUNY Senior Vice Chancellor Maite Junco.

Monday, November 3
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave., Room 9206
6:30 p.m.

Mirta Ojito is a journalist, professor and author of two previous non-fiction books.
She is the recipient of an Emmy for the documentary Harvest of Misery as well as a shared Pulitzer for national reporting in 2001, for a series of New York Times articles on race. A refugee from Cuba, her work often explores the complexities of identity, belonging, and the quiet power of resilience. She lives in Coral Gables, Florida, where she is endlessly inspired—and occasionally outnumbered—by her three grown sons and too many plants. Deeper than the Ocean is her first novel.

Morgan Radford is an anchor for NBC News based in New York City.  Raised in Greensboro, NC, she received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a master’s degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and a Fulbright Fellowship from the United States State Department.  Morgan previously worked for ABC News and was an anchor for Al Jazeera America.  Since joining NBC in 2015, Morgan has covered some of the country’s biggest stories including the 2024 presidential election, the overturning of Roe v Wade, and the death of Fidel Castro.  Morgan has won several awards for her reporting and lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.  Now Then is her debut novel.