The Media and the War on Terrorism - 9780815735816

This dynamic collection of candid conversations between journalists and federal officials captures the tensions between the press and the government during wartime. Begun in late 2001, shortly after the U.S. launched its ground campaign in Afghanistan, the discussions engage a number of complex issues, including military censorship and the difficulties of maintaining security in an era of satellite technology.Participants include current and former high-ranking government officials, as well as respected print and broadcast journalists, among them: Jill Abramson (New York Times), Hafez Al-Mirazi (Al Jazeera), Victoria Clarke (Department of Defense), Susan Dentzer (News Hour with Jim Lehrer), Lawrence S. Eagleburger, (former U.S. Secretary of State), Ted Koppel (ABC News), Mike McCurry (former White House press secretary), John McWethy (ABC News), Alan Murray (Wall Street Journal and CNBC), Susan Page (USA Today), Warren B. Rudman (former U.S. Senator), Bob Schieffer (CBS News), Daniel Schorr (National Public Radio), James R. Schlesinger (former Secretary of Defense), Andrei Sitov (ITAR-TASS), R. James Woolsey (former director of Central Intelligence), Judy Woodruff (CNN), and Robin Wright (Los Angeles Times).Accessible and informative, The Media and the War on Terrorism will be of great value to students of political science, public policy, and journalism, as well as reporters, public officials, and citizens concerned about the tensions between the state and the fourth estate.Stephen Hess is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He held White House positions in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations and served as U.S. representative to the UN General Assembly and the UNESCO General Conference under President Gerald Ford. The Brookings Institution Press recently published the third edition of his landmark book Organizing the Presidency.Marvin Kalb received numerous awards for excellence in diplomatic reporting over a 30-year career with CBS News, NBC News, and as moderator of Meet the Press. He was the first director of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, and is now senior fellow at the Center's Washington office. His most recent book is One Scandalous Story: Clinton, Lewinsky and Thirteen Days That Tarnished American Journalism (Free Press, 2001).Cosponsored with the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School, Harvard University. Story: Clinton, Lewinsky and Thirteen Days That Tarnished American Journalism (Free Press, 2001).Cosponsored with the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School, Harvard University.