BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250803T054937EDT-4334zfhvSM@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250803T094937Z DESCRIPTION:For many observers\, the American media’s commitment to “balanc e” contributed to President Trump’s victory by normalizing his views and b ehaviour and fueling the public’s belief that “both sides are corrupt”. Th is problem is only amplified when it comes to reporting on far-right natio nalist groups\, where the mere act of covering them can arguably provide t hem with undeserved legitimacy.\n\nIn response\, people like NYU professor Jay Rosen have asserted that this is no time for balanced journalism\; in stead the media simply need to “declare their biases” as transparently as possible. But what does this mean in practice? For example\, how should th e media report on Quebec’s far-right group Atalante\, whose members recent ly raided the office of Vice Magazine and threatened a reporter whose cove rage they did not like? Or how can the media do its job in an environment where left-leaning social media mobs appoint themselves as overseers of ed itorial standards and decision-making\, and are quick to condemn a publica tion for giving a voice or platform to figures who they consider beyond th e pale of legitimate debate? And what are the implications from all this f or public policy?\n\nJoin the Max Bell School of Public Policy and Media@M cGill in welcoming Phil Gohier\, Mark Lloyd\, and Jennifer Ditchburn for a conversation moderated by Andrew Potter\, which explores the demands and responses of responsible journalism in dealing with these challenges.\n\nR egister for the event here\n\n\nAbout the speakers\n\nPhil Gohier\n\nPhili ppe Gohier is the editor in chief of VICE Québec\, which has covered the p rovince's political fringes extensively since launching in the fall of 201 6. He was previously an editor at L'actualité and Maclean's.\n\nMark Lloyd \n\nMark Lloyd is a professor of professional practice in the Max Bell Sch ool of Public Policy at 91Ƶ.  He is also a Clinical Professo r at the University of Southern California-Annenberg School of communicati on\, teaching in both the Communication School and the Journalism School a nd he manages the Consortium on Media Policy Studies (COMPASS) summer fell owship program in Washington\, DC.\n\nFrom 2009-2012 he served as an assoc iate general counsel at the Federal Communications Commission\, advising t he Commission on how to promote diverse participation in the communication s field with a focus on research into critical information needs and broad band adoption by low-income populations.  His other government service inc ludes time on the Clinton Transition Team\, and working in the personnel o ffice of the Clinton White House\, focusing on the National Council for th e Arts and advising the domestic policy office on the relationship between arts and commerce and public diplomacy.\n\nJennifer Ditchburn\n\nJennifer Ditchburn is the editor-in-chief of Policy Options\, the digital magazine of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). An award-winning j ournalist\, she spent more than two decades covering national and parliame ntary affairs for The Canadian Press and for CBC Television. Jennifer hold s a master of journalism from Carleton University\, where she is a fellow with the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management. She is the co-editor with Graham Fox of The Harper Factor: Assessing a Prime M inister’s Policy Legacy (91Ƶ-Queen’s University Press\, 2016)\, and a m ajor contributor to Sharp Wits & Busy Pens: 150 Years of Canada’s Parliame ntary Press Gallery (Hill Times Publishing\, 2016).\n\nAbout the Moderator \n\nAndrew Potter\n\nAndrew Potter is a Canadian author and associate prof essor at the 91Ƶ Institute for the Study of Canada. He is the former ed itor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen\; best known outside Canada for co-aut horing The Rebel Sell\, with Joseph Heath\, and for his 2010 book\, The Au thenticity Hoax.\n DTSTART:20181030T213000Z DTEND:20181030T233000Z LOCATION:Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Responsible journalism in the age of hyper-polarization URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/responsible-journali sm-age-hyper-polarization-289773 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR