Reporting at a Crossroads (Co-Hosted with the Reiss Center on Law and Security)

Reporting at a Crossroads (Co-Hosted with the Reiss Center on Law and Security)

May 20, 2026 · 58 min · Season 1 · Episode 139

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The episode discusses the challenges faced by the press in the context of national security and foreign policy.

A free and independent press has long been understood as a core element of healthy and secure democracies. Particularly in the realm of national security and foreign policy, news reporting and investigations are an integral source of information that enables the American public to evaluate the decisions of their elected officials. Yet today the press is facing new or newly acute challenges arising from the executive branch, Congress, and even the media industry itself—all unfolding against th...

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