The Washington Post’s media reporter Paul Farhi will partake in free public lecture and discussion over Zoom as he presents the annual Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics on March 3.
Penn State University’s Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications coordinates the event with the Don W. Davis Professor in Ethics, Patrick Plaisance, serving as the moderator.
“My stories attempt to explain how the news media functions and then to assess and analyze whether this was an effective and credible way to report or discuss the news,” Farhi said.
“In an era of widespread public skepticism and outright distrust of the news media, it is critically important to ‘watch the watchers.’ I consider myself a reporter first and foremost; no critical assessment with any integrity can be made without a thorough grounding in the facts.” Since 1988, Farhi has worked at the Post where he served as the financial reporter, political reporter, and reporter for the style section. In 2010, Farhi took on the role of becoming the media reporter for the newspaper.
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