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SALEM, MASS. – From harassment and trauma to legal threats and physical violence, journalists are increasingly asked to navigate danger simply to do their jobs and produce the news readers and viewers consume every day. An event at Salem State University next week will explore, as its titled, The Risks of Reporting: What It Takes to Tell the Story.
On Wednesday, November 18, Salem State’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will host Lauren Walsh, founding director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Intensive at New York University and executive director of the Overseas Press Club, for an evening conversation discussing the human cost of gathering the news.
“For international journalists, reporting on war, political protests, or disasters is often physically dangerous. Some are being held hostage while others are being murdered for their covering the story. Being a reporter in the United States, meanwhile, has become more difficult under this administration,” said Christopher Mauriello, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. “Our mission focuses on issues that are challenges to democracy, and freedom of the press and protection of the press are critical pillars to democracy. Journalism plays an essential role in democracy, so when it is threatened, democracy itself is threatened.”
In addition to her work leading organizations, Walsh is also the author of multiple books, including “Conversations on Conflict Photography,” and she has published works widely on photojournalism, moral injury, war crimes, censorship, and visual ethics.
The Risks of Reporting will be held on Wednesday, November 18 at 6 pm in the Petrowski Room on the second floor of Marsh Hall, Harrington Campus, 71B Loring Ave., Salem. It will be held both in-person and remotely.
To register for the online webinar, please visit this page.
To register for in-person attendance, please visit this page.