What is journalism for? A conversation with Jon Allsop and Joel Simon
Sat 12 April 2025
12:35 - 13:00
Free
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Media critic Jon Allsop has covered every aspect of journalism in his Media Today newsletter for the Columbia Journalism Review. But in his new book, What is Journalism For?, he grapples with the Big Questions that afflict the profession: How do we contribute to society? How do we decide what is true? How should we think about serving our community? How do we defend our rights? How do we ensure sustainability? What are our shared values? Allsop searches for answers among the exiled journalists of Myanmar, the denizens of Fleet Street and Times Square, and the leading thinkers and innovators charting journalism’s future.
Celebrate the publication of What is Journalism For?, due out on 8 April 2025, with Allsop and Simon, founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at CUNY’s Newmark Journalism School and fellow CJR columnist.
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Il Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia è un evento annuale che riunisce professionisti dei media, esperti di comunicazione e appassionati di informazione da tutto il mondo. Si svolge nel centro storico di Perugia e offre conferenze, dibattiti, workshop e opportunità di networking sui temi più rilevanti del giornalismo contemporaneo.
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Jon Allsop
Jon Allsop writes for the Columbia Journalism Review, editing its flagship Media Today newsletter. He also writes widely about politics and other topics for publications including The New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and Vanity Fair, and his investigative journalism has been published in national and local titles in the US and South Africa. He has been a finalist for a Mirror Award for his media criticism on three occasions, and is regularly quoted by outlets worldwide as an expert commentator on the media. He was a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes in 2024 and 2025.
Joel Simon
Joel Simon is the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, part of the City University of New York. He is the author of four books, including most recently The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free, co-authored with Robert Mahoney. He writes regularly on press freedom issues for The New Yorker, and produces a column for Columbia Journalism Review. From 2006 until 2021, Joel served as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. During 2022, he was Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Knight First Amendment Institute, also at Columbia.