Month: March 2009

Media & Democracy · Panel Discussions

The Role of Television Journalism in a Democratic Society, Panel on April 6th

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A panel discussion 6:00pm Monday, April 6th, 2009 at C. Walsh Theatre Broadcast Journalists have been praised for breaking important news stories and criticized for breaking political candidates. Is the role of television news in our democracy to present politically neutral information or to provide informed opinion?  Charles Kravitz, President of NECN, has had a distinguished career as… Continue reading The Role of Television Journalism in a Democratic Society, Panel on April 6th

Film Screenings · Media & Democracy · Panel Discussions

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003), Film Screening & Panel Discussion, on April 2nd

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Thursday, April 2nd, 6:00 p.m. Suffolk University, C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple Street Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property analyzes Nat Turner’s slave rebellion of 1831 and its aftermath in American memory. The film explores the many interpretations of the event, including William Styron’s controversial 1967 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Confessions of Nat Turner and… Continue reading Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003), Film Screening & Panel Discussion, on April 2nd

Lectures · Media & Democracy

Take Back the Media: Policy, Protest, and Protecting American Democracy, March 31st

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A lecture by Josh Silver, Free Press: 6:00pm, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 @ The Boston Athenæum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street Josh Silver argues that the media policies made in Washington, D.C. are the cause of corporate programming on radio and TV, fake news that fails to inform, slow, overpriced Internet service, and struggling public media.  His organization, Free… Continue reading Take Back the Media: Policy, Protest, and Protecting American Democracy, March 31st

Media & Democracy · Panel Discussions

The Shrinking World of Print Journalism: A Danger to Democracy? March 25th

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6:00pm Wednesday, March 25, 2009 @ The Boston Athenæum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street For more than two centuries, America’s newspapers have been the public’s primary source of information about our government.  As circulation and staffs shrink, there are significant implications for democracy, which is dependent upon an informed public. Bruce D. Butterfield is an assistant professor and… Continue reading The Shrinking World of Print Journalism: A Danger to Democracy? March 25th

Film Screenings · Media & Democracy

Good Night & Good Luck (2005) Film Screening, March 14th

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Saturday, March 14th, 12:00 noon Boston Athenæum, 10½ Beacon Street This six-time Oscar-nominated 2005 docudrama chronicles how, in the mid-1950s, Edward R. Murrow and his “See It Now” producer, Fred Friendly, helped to bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s anti-Communist hearings.  The film will be introduced… Continue reading Good Night & Good Luck (2005) Film Screening, March 14th