āThe rest of the world is tuning in,ā he said, of moderating a mayoral debate. āBut in the end, itās not that different from when I used to do city council debates in a church basement.ā
The dispute over plans for MediaFest, the nationās largest conference of student journalists, reflects the polarization of the news industry that awaits them.
International media outlets have been banned from Gaza, save for tightly controlled embeds. Local reporters have been threatened and killed. But as the world awaits peace, the Israeli government has invited some content creators to come in and spread its message.
Aaron Parnas, a twenty-six-year-old with a larger TikTok audience than some mainstream outlets and the most popular ānewsā Substack, is making his own journalism rulesāand taking dark money.
āWho would have thought this is the piece that would get me fired?ā Bill Owens, the former executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in the screening room. For the past year, CBS journalists have been up against extraordinary pressure.
By law, the government and other entities are required to publish certain information in a āpaper of record.ā If the rules change, what will be lost?
Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the worldās deadliest place for journalists. Weāve cast out for a new approach.