These are episodes in a series of discussions with experts about the current crisis roiling journalism in the United States and what we might do about it. The series is sponsored by the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression.

Episode 17:  Steve Waldman on Saving Local News

https://youtu.be/1_U4Cf_B_uo

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School 
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School
Steve Waldman, President and Co-Founder of Report for America
 

Episode 16: Yochai Benkler on Disinformation & Radicalization in American Politics

https://youtu.be/cAMsXN9ldZg

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Yochai Benkler, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 15: Jameel Jaffer on Social Media Litigation

https://youtu.be/1i4fEDbYWlo

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 14: Jay Hamilton on Computational Journalism

https://youtu.be/DQciYUU8GF4

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Jay Hamilton, Hearst Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School


Episode 13: Ben Smith on the Future of Digital News

https://youtu.be/2qbg-1spsxw

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School
Ben Smith, Media Columnist, The New York Times

Episode 12: Olivier Sylvain on Algorithms and Reforming Social Media

https://youtu.be/qSWzyd-1HhY

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School
Olivier Sylvain, Professor of Law, Fordham University

Episode 11: Siva Vaidhyanathan on Social Media and the Press Function

https://youtu.be/Q40F9QM0ATI

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School
Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia

Episode 10: Jasmine McNealy on Amplifying Otherness

https://youtu.be/MgIQLLyU99k

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Jasmine McNealy, Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunications, University of Florida
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

 

Episode 9: Penelope Muse Abernathy on News Deserts and Ghost Newspapers

https://youtu.be/h-oFZ1hsmRI

Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics, Hussman School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 8: Natali Helberger on News Recommendation Systems

https://youtu.be/TnunyQvGsKE

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Natali Helberger, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 7: Jay Rosen on Journalism's Agenda

https://youtu.be/UFONrSIbB-k



RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Jay Rosen, Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 6: Jeremy Katz and Robert Davis on Digital Advertising

https://youtu.be/2k9eSLHxOPw

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Robert John Davis, Head of Digital, Ogilvy USA
Jeremy Katz, Worldwide Editorial Director, Ogilvy
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 5: Martha Minow on the First Amendment and Saving the News

https://youtu.be/1e8Dx81FR_8

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 4: Rasmus Nielsen on the State of Digital News

https://youtu.be/uQj8GTpRmfU

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Rasmus Nielsen, Professor of Political Communication and Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School



Episode 3: Rasmus Nielsen on Public Support for the Media

https://youtu.be/EU0n6QjBIGk

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Rasmus Nielsen, Professor of Political Communication and Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

Episode 2: Fixing Social Media

https://youtu.be/bfxF-buivVE

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

 

Episode 1: Victor Picard on the Public Opinion for Journalism

https://youtu.be/OjUXDo16MpY

RonNell Andersen Jones, Lee E. Teitelbaum Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School
Sandra Baron, Senior Fellow and Visting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Victor Pickard, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Scott Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School