by jpitney | Apr 15, 2022 | Bureaucracy, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists
John F. Harris at Politico writes about Helena Bottemiller Evich (CMC `09): From the war in Ukraine to the fallout of the Jan. 6 riots, contemporary politics is animated by a large question: Do free societies have a future in an age of tribalism, contempt,...
by jpitney | Apr 14, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists
Rosemary Kelley at Eastern Progress: On Tuesday, April 12, Eastern Kentucky University faculty and students honored the sacrifice of journalists killed in the line of duty between April 2020 and April 2022. The memorial, held in EKU’s Meditation Chapel,...
by jpitney | Apr 13, 2022 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation, House of Representatives, Senate
Kevin Kosar at The Hill: . The citizen who dares to turn on C-SPAN 2 to watch our national representative democracy at work is all but certain to be disappointed. John Q. and Jane Q. Public will see committee hearings wherein legislators are bickering with one another...
by jpitney | Apr 12, 2022 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
Brian Baird and Jim Gerlach at The Hill: Unfortunately, in the past few years, the conduct of far too many members of the House and Senate and in legislative bodies across the land has devolved into angry exchanges and name-calling that serves no other purpose than to...
by jpitney | Apr 11, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Ukraine
Perugia Declaration for Ukraine – 9 April 2022 The International Journalism Festival and members and partners of the Global Forum for Media Development call for increased support of independent media and journalists in Ukraine. #PerugiaDeclaration4Ukraine Sign the...
