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The Changing Role of Media Covering Contemporary Warfare
A talk by former CNN correspondent Ralph Begleiter
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Time: 4-6 pm, Toronto time
Location: Seeley Hall, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1H8
Ralph Betleiger
Former CNN World Affairs Correspondent and educator Ralph Begleiter explores the changing role of news media covering contemporary warfare, using the Ukraine and Gaza wars as real-world examples.
Telling the “war” story, the “humanitarian” story and the “political” story are different skills, and few organizations are equipped for those roles. While social media have become indispensable in collecting details, they also reveal serious shortcomings when it comes to fairly telling the comprehensive story.
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Sponsored by the Bill Graham Centre, the International Relations Program at Trinity College, and the Canadian International Council