Program

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Steidinger Auditorium
Fish and Wildlife  Research Institute
100 Eighth Ave. S.E
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7:00 pm Thursday, February 15: pre-conference event                                                                             Norman Solomon, Corey Flintoff
screening and discussion of War Made Easy documentary  CC DAV 130 (see map)

 

Conference 

Friday, February 16  

1:00

Welcome and opening remarks

 Hugh LaFollette

1:15

"Narratives of Just War"
"Truth, Justice, or the American Way: The Conflicting Allegiances of Journalists in Wartime"

Joel Rosenthal
Judith Lichtenberg
Hugh LaFollette (moderator)

We will have questions from the floor and discussion among the presenters at the end of each session.

3:15

Break

 

3:30

"Reflections of a War Zone Thug"
"Beyond Reporting: Journalists' Responses to Crimes Against Humanity"

Martin Bell
Philip Seib
Jay Black (moderator)

5:30

Roundtable with all participants

Deni Elliott (moderator)

6:30

Dinner for Participants

 

 

 

 

Saturday, February 17

 

9:00 Welcome and opening remarks Bob Steele

9:00

"The Judgment Call: Can We Be Wrong?"
"The Information War: Where the Government's Interests and Journalism's Interests Clash, and Where They Don't"

Barbara Crossette
Albert Pierce
Thomas W. Smith (moderator)

11:00

Break

 

11:15

"Ethical Problems of Covering the War in Iraq"

Corey Flintoff
Tony Silvia (moderator)

12:15

lunch

 

2:00

"The Military Media Relationship"
"War Made too Easy"
Bryan Whitman
Norman Solomon
Bob Steele (moderator)

4:00

Roundtable with all participants

Deni Elliott (moderator)

5:00

Closing remarks

Hugh LaFollette

Conference is free and open to the public

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