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OTM live at the Texas Tribune Festival: The Journalists
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Last week Brooke was at the Texas Tribune Festival, an annual event that gathers hundred of speakers and thousands of citizens to discuss big issues of the day, ranging from education to climate change to politics. She moderated a couple of sessions: One with two great journalists from two very different places with two very different briefs. One of those journalists was Amy Chozick, a national political reporter for the New York Times, the other was Evan Smith, the co-founder and CEO of the Texas Tribune.
The question at issue turned on President Trumps continuous attacks on the press, and on truth, basic facts.
Does it affect the way they practice journalism? And if so, how?
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