The New Censorship
Joel Simon talked about his book, The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom, in which he examines the targeting of journalists by governments around the world, including…
415 viewsJoel Simon talked about his book, The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom, in which he examines the targeting of journalists by governments around the world, including…
415 viewsBill Grueskin, academic dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, talked about the use of social media in reporting. Reporters have gone from virtual anonymity to having tho…
554 viewsChristopher Daly recounts 300 years of reportage in the United States. Professor Daly examines the current arguments that journalism is in danger and points to the numerous obstacles that th…
765 viewsThe J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards were given at Columbia University in New York City. Eliza Griswold received the Lukas Book Award for The Tenth Parallel. Isabel Wilkerson received t…
510 viewsEditors of The New York Times and The Guardian spoke about the release of classified diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. They said that they would stand behind the publisher, Julian Ass…
335 viewsTwo authors discussed their books on the history of communications industries. Richard John, the author of Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications (2010), focused on the histor…
593 viewsA roundtable discussion was held about the war in Iraq and what it was like for journalists to cover it. Topics included how the situation and atmosphere changed over time. Ms. Amos moderate…
267 viewsPanelists talked about the media’s role in reporting the Anthrax investigation during a segment of Columbia University’s First Amendment breakfast series.
249 viewsColumbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism presented the 2004 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Awards. This year, the recipients were…
194 viewsThe annual J. Anthony Lukas Book Prizes for narrative nonfiction were presented. The winners then participated in a panel discussion on the effects that writers and their works can have on p…
160 viewsMichael Griffin talked about his book Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan, published by Pluto Press, with a class of international graduate students. He described the …
313 viewsMr. Westin talked about journalism, the First Amendment, and the challenges faced by news reporters in the wake of terrorist attacks on the U.S. and international efforts to combat global te…
47 viewsThe annual J. Anthony Lukas Book Prizes for narrative nonfiction were presented. The winners then participated in a panel discussion on journalism and morality. Participants were David Nasa…
173 viewsWinners of the 2000 Lukas Prize discussed the craft of writing narrative non-fiction and how they approached the research for their books. The prize was named for Pulitzer Prize-winning auth…
126 viewsDiane Sawyer talked about journalism standards and her career. The event was hosted at Columbia University. Other topics discussed were issues of journalism related to current events. Sawyer…
613 viewsPanelists spoke about wage stagnation around the world. They examined how globalization and national economic policies negatively impact wages and whether these impacts are economic necessit…
74 viewsJournalists talked about the line between gossip and journalism and whether or not mainstream media are blurring the line more and more each day. The panelists also talked about the responsi…
184 viewsMr. Greenfield moderated this panel discussion on journalism and media business considerations. They discussed the impact of the “bottom line” on journalistic decision-making.
211 viewsA discussion among leading news executives on how technology has changed the way media cover the news and what changes that technology will bring in the future. The panelists discussed the v…
171 viewsKevin Phillips, Editor and Publisher of “The American Political Report” spoke to journalism graduate students on the public’s view of politicians, lawyers, and journalists and how these grou…
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