Journalism/Works

Journalist Eric Brazil discusses his role in an informal campaign to have the Pulitzer Prize committee take special recognition of Edward Kennedy, an Associated Press correspondent who was reprimanded and later fired for breaking a 1945 government embargo on the announcement of the end of WWII in Europe. In 2012, Kennedy received an apology and a delayed salute from AP for his decision to defy military censors.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski interviews First Amendment expert and author Ronald K.L. Collins on the court’s approach to current cases and in recent years.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski spoke with St. Louis Post-Dispatch photojournalist David Carson Wednesday, Aug. 13, amid the chaos in Ferguson, Mo., that saw police clash with protesters and journalists. Carson recounts his experience photographing the story, including being chased and knocked down by a mob.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski interviews authors Paul Steinle and Sara Brown about their new book — and what’s good about journalism and the people who work in it.

An appreciation of John Seigenthaler, founder of the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center, who died July 11 at age 86 after a multi-faceted career as a renowned local and national newspaper editor; author; host of one of public broadcasting’s longest-running programs, “A word on Words,” and advocate for First Amendment freedoms, civil rights and an independent judiciary.

A conversation June 9 with Kathleen Carroll, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, about the dangers journalists face each day around the globe, as well as reporting on national security issues in the “post-Snowden” era and AP’s latest stories in what she calls “accountability journalism.”

A conversation with Professor-emeritus Bob Papper of Hofstra University on his most recent annual report on the state of the U.S. news broadcasting industry, based on a survey he has conducted for 20 years, in partnership with the Radio Television Digital News Association.

Prof. Ron Collins, author, lawyer and legal issues blogger, talks about recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving free speech, and an “instant book” he co-authored on the recent “McCutcheon” decision by the Court on campaign finance rules.

A discussion with author and First Amendment expert Gabriel Schoenfeld on the proposed “Shield law” in Congress, and the issues involved in national security reporting for journalists and their sources.

Irwin Redlener walked to work on March 12, less than 24 hours after a gas explosion leveled two buildings in New York City and killed eight people, past the blast site to his Columbia University office where he leads the National Center for Disaster Preparedness. A discussion with Redlener examines how the news media should report — and what news consumers should expect — about such tragedies, both in their immediate aftermath and in the long term.