17th Annual Kesterton: Spotlight On Journalism
Live blog of the discussion between The Washington Post's executive editor Martin Baron and CBC's Robyn Bresnahan held at Carleton University.
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Tonight Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication will be hosting its 17th annual Kesterton Lecture. This year’s guests include Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, and CBC’s Robyn Bresnahan.
Before his position at the Post, Baron was an editor at the Boston Globe, spearheading the Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic Church. The investigation has since been turned into an Academy Award nominated film “Spotlight”.
Tune in on tonight’s discussion on investigative journalism in the digital age and the story behind “Spotligtht”. -
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First the official trailer for the movie Spotlight is shown. You can view the trailer by clicking the link below. Spotlight Trailer
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Spotlight is currently nominated for 6 Academy Awards:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mark Ruffalo for the role of Mike Rezendes
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachel McAdams for the role of Sacha Pfeiffer
Best Achievement in Directing: Tom McCarthy
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Best Achievement in Editing: Tom McArdle -
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Besnahan begins the discussion. She also spoke to Baron this morning on Ottawa Morning. You can take a listen to that interview by clicking the link below. Ottawa Morning Interview
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Great meeting @washingtonpost editor Marty Baron. We're talking Spotlight + future of journalism tonight @Carleton_U http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUOiOBWAAIoxLl.jpg
by Robyn Bresnahan via twitter 2/4/2016 12:15:39 AM -
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They believe in their faith. They know that there is something bigger than the people who run the archdiocese. I admire people for that.
Baron speaks on the large amount of Catholics that remained loyal to their religion even after the publishing of the article. -
You can read the original story here. Boston Globe- Church allowed abuse by priest for years
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The reception that they got there in Rome during their press conference was the warmest reception that they got during the entire press promotion.
Besnahan asks Baron what the perception of the film was in Rome, where the Vatican is situated, compared to other places. This is Baron's response. -
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Baron says the most serious competition to journalism nowadays are search engines such as Google and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter. These sites profile their users and are able to cater to each person's personal interests by placing appropriate data and ads to gain their attention.
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A 4th year Carleton journalism student asks whether the movie "Spotlight" romanticizes journalism and the work that journalists do. Baron responds by saying that he doesn't believe that it does however the movie actually shows how much hard work journalists do in acquiring their stories.
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Bresnahan speaks on how many of the journalists who had to screen and listen to all the graphic details of the investigation later suffered from PTSD. Baron replies saying that he was unaware of this until after the fact, he says he would have sent them for treatment if he had known.
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Baron says that every institution will have a different relationship between the publisher and editor. He speaks on how he was lucky enough to have very supportive publishers in the past but there will always be instances where one will disagree with the other.
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Randy Boswell, a Carleton journalism professor, asks about Baron's thoughts on on the split revenue sources and the challenges they present. He also poses the question if whether the different revenue streams require different types of journalism and journalists.
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