An allstar panel explores one of the pressing journalism questions of the moment.
April 1, 2024, Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia Journalism School

Democracy on the Brink: Is the Press Up to the Task? considered how journalists are handling one of the most consequential presidential campaigns in American history. With November’s election looming, controversy has swirled in the media sphere about such issues as objectivity, impartiality, framing of stories and the line between opinion and news.

Margaret Sullivan https://journalism.columbia.edu/facul..., the Newmark Center’s executive director, moderated a discussion among journalist/historian Garrett Graff https://www.garrettgraff.com/, New York Times national politics reporter Astead Herndon https://www.nytimes.com/by/asteadwh... and Vox editor in chief and publisher Swati Sharma https://www.vox.com/authors/swatisharma.

This event was sponsored by the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University https://journalism.columbia.edu/craig....