Al-Jazeera executive editor and long-time journalist Stacey Samuel spoke Thursday via Zoom as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series. She has reported on politics, national security and the Supreme Court for CBS, CNN, HBO and the Daily Beast. She was part of the CNN team that won an Emmy for the coverage of the 2012 U.S. presidential elections. She spoke about some of the complicated conflicts within journalistic ethics, censorship and keeping the public informed. Students joined in to ask questions about the responsibilities of journalists. Parents also asked about engaging children in journalism.
