The Kalb Report: Why Murrow Matters in the Digital Age

Why Murrow Matters in the Digital Age

Monday, March 23, 2015

We live in an age when people "read CNN" and "watch The Wall Street Journal." As venerable news organizations transform themselves to survive and thrive in a digital world, new competitors are attracting huge audiences, unencumbered by old infrastructures and empowered by technology.

This dynamic is driving innovation in the way news is gathered, sorted, reported and consumed. Not since Edward R. Murrow invented broadcast news during World War II has the world seen such a dramatic change in journalism. Just as important, Murrow established a standard of quality that has withstood the test of time.

On this edition of The Kalb Report, moderator Marvin Kalb explores how today's newsrooms can innovate while maintaining quality. Guests include CNN Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief Sam Feist, BuzzFeed White House Reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jon Sawyer, director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and Wall Street Journal Deputy Managing Editor Gabriella Stern.

The Kalb Report series is underwritten by a grant from Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and co-produced by The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, Harvard's Shorenstein Center, University of Maryland University College and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Location:
The Kalb Report is produced before a live studio audience in the main ballroom of the National Press Club, located on the 13th floor of the National Press Building, 14th and F streets, NW, Washington, D.C.

Seating:
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Guests are advised to arrive by 7:30 p.m. and must be seated by 7:40 p.m. The program begins at 8:00 p.m. Seating is first come, first seated.