This is an hour and 10 minutes. Julie moos thank you. Welcome. On behalf of the National Press club and the National Press Club Journalism institute. We are so happy you are joining us tonight for this program. I am the executive director of the National Press Club Journalism institute, where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. Tonights program meets that mission head on. The most important journalism that happens in this city is done by regional reporters. Should i say again . I really believe it. The most important journalism that happens in the city is done by regional reporters. [applause] julie regional reporters are watching washington for americas hometowns, so the people of the United States can make informed decisions about their lives, and about their democracy. And this type of journalism and the selfgovernment that it enables, is one of the most Important Reasons that we have a First Amendment protection for freedom of the press. So, on
Tells the biggest story, trump delays i. C. E. Sweeps and deportations. That headlines keeps it simple. Were 2 1 2 years into the Trump Presidency and news outlets are still putting his farfetched and false assertions right in the headlines and sometimes right on the tv banners. What is going on . Yes, what the president says is often times newsworthy. He makes a ton of news. Reporters keep repeating his nonsense and noise without calling it that. Let me show you specific examples this week, where the headlines came first and the Fact Checking came later. Trump, for example, claiming hes delaying those immigration raids across the country for two weeks but he originally tweeted out that millions of people would be deported starting next week. Millions of people. Now, thats nonsense, according to numerous news reports. The plan was to only target about 2,000 people. Many news outlets, especially the people on fox, ran with that, put it in headlines and banners, as if it were true. Take
The National Press Club Journalism Institute has appointed Beth Francesco, an experienced educator, press freedom advocate and editor, as the organization’s next executive director.Â