About this Event
National security journalists today face extraordinary challenges. Efforts to safeguard responsible media practices in sensitive areas having to do with war, intelligence exploitation, international relations, epidemiological threats, advanced technologies, and more while exercising robust freedom of the press has always been challenging. Covering these topics in the face of expansive presidential authority renders the challenges more difficult and the stakes higher than ever. Journalism in the national security arena is made all the more complicated by the acceleration of misinformation and disinformation, along with an extreme polarization in U.S. politics and a politicization of the news cycle that makes objective reporting frequently unrewarding. Join the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania for an expert panel addressing the complex ethical and legal landscape of national security reporting, including key takeaways from the latest volume in CERL’s Oxford University Press series, .
After the moderated discussion, there will be a small wine and cheese reception.
PANELISTS
Dean David Boardman
David Boardman is Dean of the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia. Previously, Dean Boardman was Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of The Seattle Times, the largest news organization in the Pacific Northwest. Under his leadership, The Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and produced 10 Pulitzer finalists. Dean Boardman personally has been the recipient of numerous other major national awards, including the National Ethics Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Goldsmith Prize in Investigative Reporting from Harvard University, the Worth Bingham Prize in Investigative Reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and the Associated Press Managing Editors Public Service Award.
Ms. Katherine Eban
Katherin Eban, an investigative journalist, is a Vanity Fair special correspondent, best-selling author and Andrew Carnegie fellow. Her reporting on pharmaceutical fraud, gun trafficking, coercive CIA interrogations, COVID-19’s origins and the U.S. bird flu outbreak, have won international attention and numerous awards, including from the National Association of Science Writers, the Overseas Press Club, Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Association of Health Care Journalists and most recently, the George Polk award for National Reporting. Her 2019 book, Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom, was a New York Times bestseller. A Rhodes Scholar educated at Brown and Oxford Universities, she lives in New York with her husband, two daughters and Newfoundland dog Aslan.
Dr. Jennifer R. Henrichsen
Jennifer R. Henrichsen is an Assistant Professor at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University and Senior Personnel with the VICEROY Northwest Institute for Cybersecurity Education & Research. Dr. Henrichsen is an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, an Affiliated Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Media, Inequality & Change Center, and an Alumni Affiliate with University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Media at Risk. A former Fulbright Research Scholar, Dr. Henrichsen holds MA degrees from the University of Geneva and the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Janet Reitman
Janet Reitman is an award-winning investigative feature writer and author, and a Contributing Writer for the New York Times Magazine, where she writes about extremism and national security-related topics. She is the author of the New York Times best-seller Inside Scientology, and has recently completed a second book, to be published by Random House in 2026, about the unraveling of the American psyche after 9/11 and the ensuing trauma.
Professor Claire Finkelstein
Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Her current research addresses national security law and policy, democratic governance, and professional ethics. Professor Finkelstein is the founder and faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), a distinguished research fellow at APPC, and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). She is a sought-after national security consultant, briefing individuals, Pentagon officials, U.S. Senate staff, and JAG Corps members on issues relating to national security law and practice.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, 202 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, United States
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