Producing Trustworthy News
Former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward discussed moving “beyond objectivity” to create new guidelines for producing trustworthy j…
307 viewsFormer Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward discussed moving “beyond objectivity” to create new guidelines for producing trustworthy j…
307 viewsDwight Chapin, an aide to former President Richard Nixon, took part in a Library of Congress panel discussion marking the 50th anniversary of the break-in at the Democratic National Committe…
398 viewsLeonard Downie, Jr talked about his career at The Washington Post and a number of stories he covered including Watergate, and 9/11. He discussed the coverage of the 2020 election.
84 viewsFormer Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. talked about his latest report with the Committee to Protect Journalists. It cataloged President Trump’s anti-press behaviors and c…
57 viewsJournalists from the Washington Post, CNN, and CBS talked about covering the Trump administration. Arizona State University Professor Leonard Downie moderated. Topics included White House so…
768 viewsPanelists talked about the public’s right to know versus the responsibility to protect classified information for national security. Participants included two former CIA directors and former…
605 viewsPanelists talked about a report by the Committee to Project Journalists which investigates press freedom conditions during the Obama administration.
282 viewsPanelists talked about a report by the Committee to Project Journalists which investigates press freedom conditions during the Obama administration. The report argues that the Obama administ…
3,315 viewsLeonard Downie, who was executive editor of the Washington Post for seventeen years, talked about the future of newspapers in an event called “Politics and Press: Navigating the Waters.” He …
87 viewsSusan Swain, Gloria Story Dittus, and Gerald Seib co-chaired the the 26th National Press Foundation Annual ward Dinner. Three awards were given during this section. Nate Beeler won the Cl…
206 viewsLeonard Downie and Jim Warren, who participated remotely from Chicago, talked about the future of the newspaper industry in light of staff and revenue reductions, the growing use of the Inte…
103 viewsThree forums were held one three topics relating to the media and the military. In the first forum, the panelists focused on newspaper coverage of military operations in Iraq and the Middle …
115 viewsBob Schieffer moderated a conversation with journalists on “The Changing Communications Landscape.” Among the topics they addressed were the future of newspapers and print media, the impact…
108 viewsLeonard Downie talked about journalism and new technology, the state of the newspaper industry, and the impact of information technology on younger newspaper readers. Mr. Downie was intervie…
46 viewsParticipants at an Online News Association conference talked about the use of the Internet by news organizations, future trends in news gathering and dissemination, and various sources of in…
79 viewsForeign news editors and overseas correspondents from the Washington Post talked about their experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries. They also talked about U.S. foreign policy,…
129 viewsAfter an introduction by Mr. Downie, Mr. Atkinson talked about his book An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, published by Owl Books. The book covers World War II in Africa, and is…
531 viewsModerated by Mr. Downie, the annual roundtable of Washington Post correspondents discussed U.S. foreign policy. Ms. Constable talked about her experiences covering the transition in Baghdad.…
92 viewsJournalists talked about challenges facing foreign journalists and media coverage of world events. Among the topics they addressed were the political situations in the regions they covered, …
96 viewsCharles Ogletree moderated a roundtable discussion of ethical issues facing journalists. Among the topics they addressed were the military program to embed journalists in Iraq, how reporting…
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