When does a journalist stop being a citizen? Coverage of the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Arab Spring have recently highlighted this ethical dilemma, but journalistic paragon Edward R. Murrow grappled with it, too. Do members of the Fourth Estate have the right to publicly express their views at the barricades? Should they tend to the wounded and intervene in attacks/detention? What does it mean to be a fact-gathering reporter and also a commentary writer? Come meet a group of journalists who have experienced these challenges in their lives and work.
Featuring
- Sheri Fink, M.D.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter
Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation - Natasha Lennard
Arrested at Occupy Wall Street while reporting for The New York Times
Program officer, International News Safety Institute - Judith Matloff
Faculty, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Veteran foreign correspondent and bureau chief - Lauren Sandler
Magazine writer and commentator on gender and religion
Author, Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement
Presented in collaboration with the Invisible Institute
Date & time:
Jan. 17, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m.
discussion at 6:30 p.m., Drinks immediately following
Location:
199 Lafayette Street, Third Floor, New York City
Just past Spring at Kenmare—and upstairs from La Esquina!