J Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Lauren Walsh
Episode #41, Summary
Episode Summary
Through The Lens is a guide to increase media literacy in our globalized image-staurated world.
Episode Notes
Professor Dr. Lauren Walsh illuminates the complexity of visual journalism by highlighting the concerns and challenges of those who create, disseminate and consume images in our technologically driven times. Utilizing the interview format of her seminal book, Conversations on Conflict Photography, Walsh raises considerations on the changing notions of photojournalism, the heightened health and emotional safety needs of photojournalists given threats to press freedom.
In this conversation, Dr. Lauren Walsh discusses, among other things:
Importance of context
Levels of censorship
Media cycles
Headline dominance
Heightened dangers of being a member of the press
Doxxing
Vetted journalism
Pros and cons of citizen journalism
Tik Tok as a news source
Referenced in the episode
Conversations on Conflict Photography - Lauren Walsh
Content Authenticity Initiative
George Floyd’s Amercia/Washington Post
Who Else is Culpable in George Floyd’s Death? - NYT The Daily
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart - Alicia Garza
American Views 2020: Trust Media Democracy