Michael Massing talked about his article in The American Prospect, "How Not to Cover America, on the decline of local news coverage and national news organizations' efforts to fill the void. This…
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Public media figures, including former PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer and talk show host Dick Cavett, gathered to discuss the history of news and public affairs programming. The Public…
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Jared Yates Sexton, author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore, and Kevin Young, author of Bunk, talked about politics in the age of fake news. They spoke at the…
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The USC Annenberg School hosted a panel discussion with journalists, including CNN’s Jake Tapper, NBC’s Katy Tur, Univision’s Jorge Ramos, and CNN’s Brian Stelter, on the state of the news…
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The Radio Television Digital News Foundation hosted its annual First Amendment awards dinner to honor journalists and news industry leaders. The pre-dinner ceremony included opening remarks and…
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Journalists, politicians and celebrities gathered for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner where journalism awards were presented. President Obama gave humorous remarks focusing on his potential 2012 Republican…
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A. Brad Schwartz talked about his book, Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News, about the reaction to the 1938 Orson Welle’s radio broadcast of War of…
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Newspaper editors talked about the state of domestic and international news coverage. Marty Baron talked about threats to free expression. Elisabeth Bumiller talked about international news coverage. Then…
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Reporters and topic experts talked about Pope Francis’s upcoming September 22-27, 2015, visit to the United States. The pope would be making stops in Washington, D.C., New York City, and…
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News headlines were read and phone lines were open for viewer calls on the question: “Where do you get your political news?” The question was inspired by a Pew poll on differences by age and political views.…
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Telephone lines were open for viewer responses to the question: “What is your top news story of the week?”
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Journalists, politicians and celebrities gathered for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. President Obama poked fun at himself and his Republican rivals and included jokes about a passage from his…
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At the annual association dinner, journalists presented awards to colleagues for their work in the previous year. Following the awards dinner speeches included humorous remarks and a slide…
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President Bush and Mr. Hammond delivered humorous remarks about Washington political culture and current events. President Bush’s remarks included several photographs of the first family’s private…
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Professor Richard Reeves talked about the internment experiences of the Japanese on the U.S. West coast and how the press fueled hysteria over sabotage. He spoke about how the experiences…
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Foreign policy experts and journalists talked about how the media covers North Korea. Topics included the North Korean economy, nuclear program, and generational divide when it comes to consumerism.…
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Panelists talked about media coverage of Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown and the ensuing protests. The panelists included reporters,…
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Phone lines were open on viewer responses to the question: “What is your reaction to the media coverage of Ebola?”
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News executives from the New York Times, the Associated Press, and Reuters talked about government restrictions on the press, the future of whistleblowers, and accusations of media bias in covering the…
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Alain de Botton talked about his book, The News: A User’s Manual, in which he looks at the way the news media shapes the way we think about politics, tragedy, crime, and celebrity. He argued that we…
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