The Objectivity Wars

2950 Broadway,New York NY 10027

13 September, 2022

Description

A battle is underway for the future of journalism and how it’s practiced. The traditional, both-sides, neutral-toned model of reporting and objectivity, seen as a bulwark against a decline in media trust, is often pitted against a more muscular, outspoken journalism in response to a nation, and a profession, under siege.  Newsrooms are divided as never before, often along generational and demographic lines, two camps hardened by the social-media echo chamber.  Is it possible for the two sides to come together? To find a way to co-exist? To redefine what qualifies as great journalism? This event will be live-streamed. A link will be provided before the event begins. ——— RSVP is required. At this event, proof of COVID vaccination is required and masks are encouraged. ——— Introduction: Jelani Cobb, dean, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Moderator: Kyle Pope, editor and publisher, Columbia Journalism Review Participants to include: Masha Gessen, staff writer, The New YorkerDavid Greenberg, professor of history and of journalism and media studies, Rutgers UniversityWesley Lowery, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who led the Washington Post team behind “Fatal Force,” an unprecedented analysis of fatal police shootingsAndie Tucher, H. Gordon Garbedian professor of journalism, Columbia Graduate School of JournalismLewis Raven Wallace, co-director of Press On, and the author of The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity