Emily Bell
director Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Indira Lakshmanan
global enterprise editor The Associated Press
Craig Newmark
founder Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Vivian Schiller
VP and executive director Aspen Digital
Margaret Sullivan
media columnist The Washington Post
An unprecedented degree of lies and obfuscation – including from the highest levels of governments - has challenged traditional newsroom norms of fairness and balance. Journalists have had to rethink what it means to cover statements by officials and the concept of reporting on “both sides” of an issue when demonstrable untruths are coming at us at record levels. How must journalism ethics change? Who’s rising to the challenge and where are we falling short?