By Rebecca Baker Controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked impassioned discussion at The Deadline Club’s spring free speech panel, framing a debate that again made headlines a few weeks later when two gunmen targeted an anti-Islam art exhibit in Texas on May 3, and were shot dead. The club’s March 29 event, called […]
Updated! First Amendment Freedom vs. Ethical Restraint in a Fast-Changing Media Landscape Should news outlets report stolen information like Sony’s hacked files, or duplicate images such as Mohammed drawings that inflame to the point of murder? At what point does the freedom to report and to express ourselves collide with other obligations? Or does it ever? […]
The Deadline Club is proud to be one of the participating organizations of the Annual George Polk Seminar. This year, the topic will be “Dangerous Lines: Cartoonists and Other Subversives.” Panelists include Garry Trudeau, the new George Polk Career achievement winner, Jules Feiffer, prize-winning cartoonist, author and playwright, and Django Gold, senior writer for The […]
