Philip Bennett, former managing editor for The Washington Post and PBS's FRONTLINE, explored how the promise of the digital revolution has fallen short for some aspects of media and civic engagement, and why news outlets should have an interest in improving the situation. Bennett, who is currently the Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, identified the "missing pieces that weaken the news media’s ability to contribute to democracy." Bennett also discussed fact checking, campaign coverage, overcoming "compassion fatigue" and audience indifference toward humanitarian crisis stories, and media coverage leading up to the start of the Iraq War. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded on March 8, 2016, at Harvard Kennedy School.