A Military Newspaper Under Editorial Control of the Pentagon

About this episode

The episode discusses the Pentagon's takeover of editorial content for Stars and Stripes and its implications for military journalism.

The Pentagon recently announced it would take over editorial content of Stars and Stripes, a newspaper for the U.S. military community. That's despite a congressional mandate that requires the paper to remain independent of the military chain of command. In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Podcast team member Tom Young speaks with Stars and Stripes Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin and ombudsman Jacqueline Smith about the role of Stars and Stripes and the importance of its ability to report freely.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Young

Guests: Erik Slavin, Jacqueline Smith

Topics covered

• military journalism
• editorial independence
• Pentagon control
• Stars and Stripes
• U.S. military community

Keywords

• Stars and Stripes
• Pentagon
• military newspaper
• editorial control
• freedom of press

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stars and Stripes, Pentagon

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