Journalism & Democratic Backsliding: thoughts on responsible journalism
Journalism & Democratic Backsliding
How should journalists responsibly engage political actors during democratic backsliding?
Featuring:
NYU journalism Professor Jay Rosen,
Cardiff University journalism Professor Richard Sambrook, former Director of BBC World News, and
University of Cambridge Gates Scholar researcher Ayala Panievsky, former reporter for Haaretz.
Recorded 19 October 2023 as part of the Cambridge Disinformation Summit webinar series.
00:00 Introduction
04:25 Decline of trust in media and democracy
16:05 Conflation of opinion vs news
23:23 Intentional truncation of "news"
33:32 Diversity of audience, life experience & viewpoints
35:37 Platforming a propagandist
57:37 Reporting through "fog," when truth is not clear
1:04:55 Journalism in the era of Generative AI
1:09:33 Examples of good practice & conclusion