A Conversation with Marty Baron: US Media and Politics in Times of Disruption

Registration
Please register HERE. Registered participants will receive the zoom link one day before the event. Registration deadline: 4 March 2025, at noon.

Speaker
Martin (Marty) Baron is a prominent US journalist, editor and author who has overseen coverage and investigations leading to 18 Pulitzer Prizes. He was an executive editor of The Washington Post (2013-2021), and previously editor of The Boston Globe (2001-2012). The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service was awarded to The Globe in 2003 for its investigation into a pattern of concealing clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church, coverage portrayed later in the 2015 Academy Award-winning film Spotlight.

Before The Globe, Baron held senior editing positions at The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Miami Herald.

Baron covered the first mandate of US President Donald Trump.

Background
The second mandate of the US President Donald Trump has been marked by disruptions in internal politics and foreign affairs. Open animosity towards mainstream media has been constant under President Trump’s mandates.

Did media foresee the depth of current disruptions? How should current events and politicians be covered? What is the role of The Washington Post, The New York Times and other legacy media in a time when far-right, partisan reporting, conspiracy and unethical publications are increasing their influence and outreach?

Should legacy media try to retain the existing readership or attempt to bridge ideological divides?

Marty Baron has been covering US politics for almost 50 years: what is new and what is old in the current political and media landscape?

Format
Moderated conversation, followed by a live Q&A

Concept and Moderation
Daniela Kraus, Executive Director, Presseclub Concordia and Mirjana Tomic, fjum/Presseclub Concordia