The International Center for Journalists’ Joyce Barnathan and Small World News’ Brian Conley on the role of non-professional journalists. Then, BBC correspondent Philippa Thomas, and Ben Popper on the birth of Betabeat.com.
Joyce Barnathan International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Brian Conley Small World News
Ben Popper Betabeat, The New York Observer
Philippa Thomas BBC World News Today
Brian Lehrer, the popular Peabody Award-winning host of WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, hosts an hour-long weekly television show on a wide variety of topics, including the digital age and how it’s transforming our world; new social and political trends; entrepreneurs of change; New York City politics; grassroots environmental efforts; one-of-a-kind, timely stories in the news; and innovative inventions and apps.
"I listen to Brian Lehrer... Wow, I love that guy. I love the show." - Jon Stewart (in a speech at a New Yorker Magazine forum)
"Usually a pretty fair and smart guy" - Bill O'Reilly (on his show)
"You are it. You are the man." - Thomas Friedman (on The Brian Lehrer Show)
