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Walter Cronkite, the longtime anchor of the "CBS Evening News," was often called "the most trusted man in America" and he probably was, certainly in terms of media figures. Arizonans might be familiar with the ASU journalism school: The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. But Cronkite, a graduate of the University of Texas, has no ties to Arizona. This week on Valley 101, a podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, we answer the question: Why is the ASU journalism school named after Walter Cronkite? Submit your question about Phoenix! Subscribe to The Watchlist, our Friday media newsletter. Follow us on X, Instagram and Tik Tok. Guests: Doug Anderson and Leonard Downie Jr. Host: Bill Goodykoontz Producers: Abby Bessinger, Amanda Luberto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're having a conversation about the state of journalism, it's bound to get a little depressing. Since 2008, more than 250 local news outlets have closed down in Canada. The U.S. has lost a third of the newspapers they had in 2005. But this is about more than a failing business model. Only 31 percent of Americans say they trust the media. In Canada, that number is a little bit better – but only a little. The problem is not just that people are losing their faith in journalism. It's that they're starting to place their trust in other, often more dubious sources of information: TikTok influencers, Elon Musk's X feed, and The Joe Rogan Experience. The impact of this shift can be seen almost everywhere you look. 15 percent of Americans believe climate change is a hoax. 30 percent believe the 2020 election was stolen. 10 percent believe the earth is flat. A lot of this can be blamed on social media, which crippled journalism's business model and led to a flourishing of false information online. But not all of it. People like Jay Rosen have long argued that journalists themselves are at least partly responsible for the post-truth moment we now find ourselves in. Rosen is a professor of journalism at NYU who's been studying, critiquing, and really shaping, the press for nearly 40 years. He joined me a couple of weeks ago at the Attention conference in Montreal to explain how we got to this place – and where we might go from here. A note: we recorded this interview before the Canadian election was called, so we don't touch on it here. But over the course of the next month, the integrity of our information ecosystem will face an inordinate amount of stress, and conversations like this one will be more important than ever.  Mentioned:"Digital News Report Canada 2024 Data: An Overview," by Colette Brin, Sébastien Charlton, Rémi Palisser, Florence Marquis "America's News Influencers,"  by Galen Stocking, Luxuan Wang, Michael Lipka, Katerina Eva Matsa,Regina Widjaya,Emily Tomasik andJacob LiedkeFurther Reading: "Challenges of Journalist Verification in the Digital Age on Society: A Thematic Review," Melinda Baharom, Akmar Hayati Ahmad Ghazali, Abdul Muati, Zamri Ahmad"Making Newsworthy News: The Integral Role of Creativity and Verification in the Human Information Behavior that Drives News Story Creation," Marisela Gutierrez Lopez, Stephann Makri, Andrew MacFarlane, Colin Porlezza, Glenda Cooper, Sondess Missaoui"The Trump Administration and the Media (2020)," by Leonard Downie Jr. for the Committee to Protect Journalists.

September 10: Leonard Downie, Jr., American journalist and former executive editor of The Washington Post, kicks off an exciting new year of Speaker Series programming with a talk focusing on his recent memoir, All About the Story, which covers the history of American politics from 1964 through 2008.

William Deresiewicz — author of Excellent Sheep, The Death of the Artist, and The End of Solitude — has lived many lives. He's been an orthodox Jewish boy who lost his faith; a journalism school student unimpressed by the pretensions of the profession; a literature professor who (blasphemously) loved books and teaching. Today, he's an author, essayist, and nostalgic ex-New Yorker. No matter where he's been in life, Deresiewicz has often been on the outside looking in, which is maybe why he's able to see and analyze our culture so clearly. We start off this conversation diving into The Death of the Artist, and how the concept/role of the artist has evolved and changed throughout history; we then meander into a discussion on community, solitude, and cities; and conclude by diving into his two definitions of the word “culture,” while unpacking the techno-solutionism of America.Check out our ‘Uncertainty' newsletter for updates and rants. To support us and gain access to exclusive content, consider becoming a paid member of Uncertain on Substack. Follow @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.On the agenda:-Phantasms, Batman, and Bill [0:00-6:00]-The first paradigm - artist as artisan [6:01-17:04]-The second paradigm - artist as bohemian  [17:05-27:55]-The third paradigm - artist as professional  [27:56-33:40]-To the fourth paradigm [33:41-39:41]-Artist as producer vs. truth teller [39:42-57:53]-Art and community [57:54-1:01:59]-Solitude and cities [1:02:00-1:19:25]-Culture vs culture [1:19:26-1:40:06]Mentioned in this conversation: -Washington Post's Leonard Downie Jr. on moving beyond “objectivity”-The Herd of Independent MindsThe Two Cultures and the Scientific RevolutionUncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday rumination, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

[00:30] Is the Biden Crime Family Finally Being Exposed? (18 minutes) The FBI found no classified documents at Joe Biden's beach house, but it did take handwritten notes and other materials “for further review”—indicating that the investigation's purpose is bigger than the FBI initially stated. Nonprofit research group Marco Polo has produced a 630-page report about Hunter Biden's laptop, showing evidence of 459 different crimes. Hunter has finally admitted that the laptop is his, but he wants those who revealed the laptop's contents to be prosecuted. [18:00] The Washington Post Is Satire (8 minutes) Although the mainstream media abandoned objective reporting long ago, most news organizations have tried to keep up the facade of objectivity. The Washington Post abandoned that pretense this week, publishing an opinion piece by Leonard Downie Jr. claiming, “Newsrooms that move beyond ‘objectivity' can build trust.” [26:30] Daily Mail Condemns Pornography (9 minutes) A Daily Mail article by Jenni Murray exposes the serious problems caused by pornography, stating in the title that “All Porn Is Harmful … It Should Be Banned.” [35:30] ‘Thy Will Be Done' (20 minutes) Luke 11:2 tells us to pray that God's will be done “as in heaven, so in earth.” For God's will to be performed in our lives as it is in heaven, we must actively subject our will to God's.

This year, many Americans are worried that the 2020 elections will be contested, chaotic, and drawn out, leading to comparisons with the infamous 2000 Bush vs. Gore election that was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court.Weston sat down with Leonard Downie Jr., Executive Editor of the Washington Post during the 2000 election, to unpack what happened in 2000, what if any parallels there are to this year's election, and how politics and journalism has changed since 2000.

Our guest this week explores his career at The Washington Post and a number of stories he covered including Watergate, and 9/11. Plus, we talk about the coverage of the 2020 election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. joins to discuss his latest report with the Committee to Project Journalists. It catalogs President Trump's anti-press behaviors and charges of "fake news." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of the Washington Post, shares his conclusions after writing a report for the Committee to Protect Journalists on the Trump administration and the media. Downie synthesizes three years of research and commentary about "the unprecedented hostility that President Trump has with the press, and the way in which he's trying to destroy the credibility of the news media's reporting about him." Downie says this is especially dangerous now, during a pandemic.

Seymour Hersh is an investigative reporter with a storied career dating back to his reporting on the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. Recently, his reporting on the killing of Osama bin Laden, a narrative that runs counter to the one widely circulated, has garnered a wide range of reactions. Hersh addressed all of that and more at the recent IRE Conference in Philadelphia. Today we’re sharing a section of his conversation with Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of the Washington Post.

A panel discussion featuring Carnegie-Knight News21 students and their experiences investigating gun rights and regulations across America Moderated by Leonard Downie Jr., Weil Family Professor of Journalism and former Washington Post executive editor Listen to the podcast The post Gun Wars: A News21 Investigation of Rights and Regulations in America appeared first on Journalism in the Digital Age.

When a story breaks, speed is key. But so are depth, context and accuracy. So how do you cover the news while simultaneously digging deeper? This week we’re talking about investigating breaking news. Our speakers will cover everything from identifying sources on the scene to developing a plan for watchdog coverage. Here’s the lineup: - Scott Friedman from KXAS-TV in Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas explains the station’s three-step process for turning breaking news coverage into an ongoing and in-depth investigation. - Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of the Washington Post, talks about how the paper got creative to find sources immediately following the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. - Jennifer Peck of Banjo discusses the free social media app and explains how journalists have used it to cover breaking news. - Blair Hickman, previously of ProPublica, discusses how the non-profit newsroom used its audience to mine documents on spending during the 2012 presidential election. - Brandon Quester of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting explains how to use the Public Insight Network to find sources.

It's All Journalism producers Michael O'Connell and Julia O'Donoghue discuss some of the big stories that have been in the news lately about the state of journalism. Here is a list of the stories referenced in our discussion. Obama’s Orwellian Image Control by Santiago Lyon, The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2013 The Obama Administration and the Press by Leonard Downie Jr. and Sara Rafsky, Committee to Protect Journalists, Oct. 10, 2013 Bloomberg News Suspends Reporter Whose Article on China Was Not Published, by Edward Wong and Christine Haughney, The New York Times, Nov. 17, 2013 Against 'Long-Form Journalism' by James Bennet, The Atlantic, Dec. 12, 2013 The Guardian experiments with a robot-generated newspaper with The Long Good Read by Justin Ellis, Nieman Journalism Lab, Dec. 3, 2013 Â

During his 44-year career at The Washington Post, Leonard Downie Jr. oversaw many important investigative stories, from the Watergate break-ins to mismanagement at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. When Downie stepped down after a 17-year stint as The Post's executive editor in 2006, one might think he would retire and leave journalism behind. Instead, he has continued to give back to the media industry through various foundations and journalism organizations. With Sara Rafsky, Downie recently wrote a special report for the Committee to Protect Journalists detailing a lack of transparency within the Obama administration. As a Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, Downie is one of the instructors at News21, an initiative started by the Carnegie Corporation and the Knight Foundation to promote professional training at several journalism schools around the country. A new seminar takes place each spring, in which a group of advanced students receives instructions in intestigative reporting techniques and plan a multimedia project to be posted online later in the year. Each project is built around a theme. This year it was veterans returning home from war and the services they receive. "Next year's topic, which is gun legislation in the state legislatures around the country, another timely topic that the rest of the news media cannot cover adequately enough because they simply don't have the resources that we're going to have," Downie said. "We're probably going to have 26 reporters all across the country, a number of the them at the Cronkite School, but a number of them, at least 20, at other universities literally from coast to coast, from Florida to Oregon. They'll all participate in the spring seminar by teleconference, during which we will do research for the project." News21's 2013 project â€" Back Home: The Enduring Battles Facing Post 9/11 Veteransâ€" contains 26 stories and more than 50 multimedia pieces, ranging from photos, videos to a 26-minute television documentary produced by the students in the program. "We launch our own website that has everything on it and then all of our partners can use whatever they want to use, which they did last year through September and October," Downie said. Part of the goal of News21 is to supplement the coverage of news organizations that don't have the resources to conduct such a large-scale investigative project. "The main goal is to prepare these young journalists â€" and sometimes not so young journalists that come back to school â€" for work," Downie said. "They're already the best in the country. We're able to select the best in the country. It's a national competition. They learn an awful lot during the experience." Char Garland, an older student with an interest in business journalism, has been a veteran since 2002. When heard about the topic of this year's News21 project, he knew he had to get involved. "I knew when I was applying that I was one of the few people that had veteran's experience," Garland said. He used that experience to become an investigative reporter, focusing on charities that were not what they professed to be. This type of project, where journalism education intersects with professional training, is something Downie thinks more journalism schools ought to be doing, not only to help their students but to foster the future of investigative reporting. "There are still a relative minority of journalism schools engaged in this kind of professional journalism with state news agencies as some schools have," he said. "The Cronkite School has a Washington bureau for all the news media in Arizona, staffed by students. American University has the Investigative Reporting Project that produces professional level work. This is what I think journalism schools should be doing across the...