Join Columbia Journalism School and The New York Times for a conversation on the global threats to journalists — and what we should do now.
Around the world, both governments and private actors are finding new ways to silence journalists through regulatory harassment and the pressure of lawsuits. This signature event will bring together leading journalists and legal experts for a fireside chat and panel discussion to address the increasing use of financial and legal pressure to suppress investigative reporting.
Program Schedule
2:00PM — Welcome remarks by Rebecca Blumenstein, President of NBC News and Chair of the Board of the Columbia Journalism Review
2:15PM — Fireside chat with Jelani Cobb, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, and A.G. Sulzberger, Chairman and Publisher of The New York Times
3:30PM — Break
4:00PM — Panel Discussion featuring Aida Alami, James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues; moderator Sheila Coronel, Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism and Director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia Journalism School; Juliana Dal Piva, reporter for ICL Notícias, Brazil, and Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP); András Pethő, co-founder and director of Direkt36, Hungary; and Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of the digital news portal The Wire and former editor of The Hindu, India
5:30PM — Response and closing remarks from Bruce Brown, President of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Azmat Khan, Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor of Journalism and Director of the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism
Advanced registration is required for in-person attendance. Registration will remain open until April 21, or until capacity is reached.
The event will be livestreamed for those who can not attend in person.