The Legacy “Next Gen” community gathered for a dinner and discussion of journalism and democracy in San Francisco. We were joined by Courtney Martin and David Bornstein of Solutions Journalism Network who offered valuable perspectives on the role of American journalism. We considered books, articles, films, people, and other resources for continued exploration around this important topic.

Many resources were shared during the conversation, including:

Books, articles, and films:

• MIT study on fake news: The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News
• Why Buddhism is True, by Robert Wright
• JFK, film by Oliver Stone
• The Post, film on battle between the press and the government

People:

• Adam Hochschild—UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism professor and author with a focus on WWI
• Ellen Langer—Harvard psychologist, on mindfulness and breaking through partisan ideology
• Timothy Snyder—Historian, Yale professor, and author focused on democracy, tyranny, and the holocaust

Other resources:

• David’s “Fixes” column for the New York Times
• The Young Turks
• On Being—Krista Tippet, broke from mainstream media
• Seattle Times Education Lab—injection of Solutions Journalism and communal events
• The Marshall Project—Nonprofit journalism about criminal justice
• BECTU—the UK’s media and entertainment union
• Knight Media Forum