[applause] thank you all for being here. Looking for to this discussion. No one appears congenitally shy so im hoping all of you can ignore me and ask each other questions. Have a lot of ground to cover and a lot of lively subjects. Lets start with the basics and then towards the end of the conversation i want to move into the world we are in now, the digital age, age of social media which creates a whole new set of questions. Jill, let me start with you. Editorial decisionmaking, for our colleagues in the audience, it is a little bit like case law. Yesterday principles behind you, certain standards and then casebycase try to apply them to complex stuff. When the reporter come to you with a story that reveals National Security information. What are the principles that you have in mind when you evaluate what to publish . Example, iy in that wearingless it was some something externally sensitive are innately i would stake, i lives were at would encourage the journalists and reporter with
Rosenkranz, then president of you may call the cable and his Business Partner with the first Cable Operators to agree to support the idea of cspan. At that time, only about 90 of 19 ican homes were wired of American Homes were wired for cable. He passed away this week and wrote a check for 25,000. With that money, cspan created the infrastructure to send out cable televisions first live views of the u. S. House of representatives. On march 19, 1979, the something theirlion homes served by hundred 50 cable systems. 350 cable systems. Let the public understand what goes on in washington and how to deal with it. Above all, the mission here has been just that at cspan. We are proud of that. He steered the Nonprofit Network through its initial challenging years and continue to serve on cspans board of directors until his death. Most recently in the role of chairman emeritus. Believe the nation can only benefit from more exposure to our political process. To educate and inform our people bot
And a really want to thank the u. S. Commission on International Religious freedom, the department of Homeland Security for sending representatives to participate in todays discussion. Thank you, all. [applause] announcer our road to the white house coverage continues with the Green Party National Political Convention in houston. Earlier today, the green party chose jill stein as their president ial nominee. Speeches inceptance their entirety on sunday at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Also available on the cspan radio app and the cspan. Org. Newsmakers, green Party President ial nominee jill stein talks about the 2016 president ial race. She officially received the nomination at the Green Party Convention held in houston. ,newsmakers is sunday on cspan. In his weekly address, the president talks about celebrating this years summer olympics. Representative buddy carter of georgia has the republican response, discussing the house agenda and its impact on health care. Pres. Obama every four y
The most talented and interesting journalist in the world, which is really exciting. How did you get this job . Ms. Bennett they were looking for a new director, and i have been in journalism my whole life. I have some international experience, and ive run organizations, and i think we both thought it was a good fit that we could do well by each other. You and executive editor of bloomberg news, you were executive editor of the philadelphia inquirer. This is a government job. How will it be different . Its journalism. Journalism is the same, no matter who practices it. We have the obligation by charter to tell americas story. America,e voice of after all. What that means is we have a giant beat. I know how to cover a beat. Journalists know how to cover beats. Can you be objective in this position . As far as i know, the governing law of this organization has always been that we will tell the truth. Good news, bad news, we will be fair, honest, credible. What attracted you to coming her