2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture | Dr Jelani Cobb, Dean, Columbia Journalism School

Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, Dr Jelani Cobb, delivered the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture, 'Trust issues: Credibility, credulity and journalism in a time of crisis'. In the lecture he discussed the importance of journalism for an informed society, the erosion of trust in journalism, the role of demagoguery and how some news organisations have fallen short in the first few months of Donald Trump's second term. Read the full text of his lecture here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.... Followed by panel discussion with: -Mitali Mukherjee, Acting Director, Reuters Institute -Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor of Government, Harvard University -Ritu Kapur, Co-founder and CEO, The Quint