Democracy Requests the Pleasure of Your Company

Posted on April 28, 2021 by in Hot Off the Wire

“Sociability was a key word for Enlightenment thinkers. The pleasures of hearing unanticipated viewpoints and a variety of storytelling talents, music, theater, and interpretive conversations managed to weave and to sustain the political fabric of democracies. That social fabric has frayed over time, while investments in the humanities also erode. This is no coincidence. The weave and the practices of equitable interchange need mending today, as democracy shows signs of unraveling along anti-social barriers that sideline the arts and interpretation from public life, even though these activities ground democracy with stakes in civility.”

Read the entire piece here: https://harvardmagazine.com/2021/05/features-democracy-requests-company

Covering & Uncovering Disinformation 9/5

Posted on August 25, 2018 by in Events, Past Events

The 2016 U.S. elections saw the weaponization of information with unexpected sophistication and on an unprecedented scale.  Russia, Iran, and others have continued to refine this tradecraft.  
 
Journalists increasingly find themselves caught in the middle.  How can you cover news that comes from a cyber attack or suspicious sources?  Are there better ways to examine its credibility and consider the motivations behind its release?  What comes next in the age of modern information warfare?  
 
The FDR Foundation will host an introductory exchange with journalists on some of the key skills and strategies they can use when navigating these issues. 
 
Event in cooperation with CNN. By invitation, only.
 
September 5, 2018
5PM