BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2689-c78b1150f9deae2f7932535f549e6e99@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T033637Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T130000 SUMMARY:“All the President’s Men at Fifty: Investigative Journalism in an Age of ‘Both Sides’” DESCRIPTION:\nThis year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publicatio n of All the President’s Men\, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s account of their own highly influential reporting on Richard Nixon and the Wate rgate scandal. As the 2024 presidential election approaches\, the leadin g Republican candidate—a former president\, twice impeached—is facing mu ltiple indictments related to his actions in the Oval Office\, while the Democratic incumbent is navigating threats of impeachment and the polit ical fallout of his son’s legal problems. The media breathlessly reports on these and other scandals\, balancing journalistic rigor and integrit y with the economic imperative to chase views\, clicks\, and ratings. Th is panel will consider the altered landscape of investigative reporting in the twenty-first century\, as norms have shifted amid charges of "fak e news" and liberal bias. Can investigative reporting still change minds (and the world)\, or does it simply highlight (and heighten) existing d ivisions?\n\nPanelists:\n\nVictor Pickard\, C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy\, Annenberg School of Communications\ , University of Pennsylvania\n\nVictor Pickard is co-director of the Med ia\, Inequality &\; Change (MIC) Center at the University of Pennsylv ania. He has published six books\, including the award-winning America’s Battle for Media Democracy and Democracy Without Journalism? Confrontin g the Misinformation Society.\n\nLindsay Gellman\, Journalist and Adjunc t Faculty\, Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism\, New York University\ n\nLindsay Gellman is a journalist based in New York whose work focuses on uncovering patterns of harm in the health industry. Her investigation s have appeared in publications including Bloomberg Businessweek\, WIRED \, and New York Magazine. She is an editor at The Dial\, a new online ma gazine with a global focus. She also teaches a graduate reporting semina r at NYU.\n\nHans Schmidt\, Associate Professor of Communications\, Penn State Brandywine\n\nHans Schmidt’s research and teaching focus on journ alism and media literacy\, and he serves as coordinator of the Honors Pr ograms at Penn State Brandywine. He is editor of the recently published collection of essays Issues in Contemporary American Journalism (Routled ge 2023). Prior to becoming an academic\, Hans worked as a journalist an d photographer.\n\nModerator:\n\nJess Rafalko\, Graduate Student\, Depar tment of English\, Penn State\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.\n\n For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/atpm_011924/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of All the President’s M en, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s account of their own highly in fluential reporting on Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal. As the 2 024 presidential election approaches, the leading Republican candidate—a former president, twice impeached—is facing multiple indictments relate d to his actions in the Oval Office, while the Democratic incumbent is n avigating threats of impeachment and the political fallout of his son’s legal problems. The media breathlessly reports on these and other scanda ls, balancing journalistic rigor and integrity with the economic imperat ive to chase views, clicks, and ratings. This panel will consider the al tered landscape of investigative reporting in the twenty-first century, as norms have shifted amid charges of "fake news" and liberal bias. Can investigative reporting still change minds (and the world), or does it s imply highlight (and heighten) existing divisions?

Panelists:

< p>Victor Pickard, C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Politi cal Economy, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylva nia

Victor Pickard is co-director of the Media, Inequality &am p; Change (MIC) Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He has publish ed six books, including the award-winning America’s Battle for Media Democracy and Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misin formation Society.

Lindsay Gellman, Journalist and Adjunct Faculty, Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, New York University< /p>

Lindsay Gellman is a journalist based in New York whose work focus es on uncovering patterns of harm in the health industry. Her investigat ions have appeared in publications including Bloomberg Businessweek, WIRED, and New York Magazine. She is an editor at T he Dial, a new online magazine with a global focus. She also teaches a graduate reporting seminar at NYU.

Hans Schmidt, Associate P rofessor of Communications, Penn State Brandywine
Hans Schmidt’ s research and teaching focus on journalism and media literacy, and he s erves as coordinator of the Honors Programs at Penn State Brandywine. He is editor of the recently published collection of essays Issues in C ontemporary American Journalism (Routledge 2023). Prior to becoming an academic, Hans worked as a journalist and photographer.

Moderat or:

Jess Rafalko, Graduate Student, Department of English, Penn State

After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai l containing information about joining the webinar.

For more detai ls: https://event s.la.psu.edu/event/atpm_011924/

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