Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options

pursuing the truth

Pursuing the Truth: Journalism, Philosophy and Modern Media
May 18, 2021 | 12 p.m. EST

Who decides what a fact is for mass consumption? Who decides on 'the truth'? What does that even mean in today's world?

Join veteran reporter John Miller and professor of philosophy Joshua Hochschild of Mount Saint Mary’s University for a conversation on integrity and the pursuit of the truth in modern media in the United States. This conversation will be moderated by M. Timothy Reidy, Deputy Editor in Chief of America magazine.

REGISTER HERE

This event is free and open to the public. Registration for this Zoom webinar is required.

About the Speakers
Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In addition to scholarly articles and books in medieval logic, metaphysics, ethics and social thought, his writing has appeared in Commonweal, First Things, Front Porch Republic and The Wall Street Journal. He is co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017), and for 2020-21 he is President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He lives in Emmitsburg with his wife and their four children.

John W. Miller is a global journalist and filmmaker with two decades experience reporting from six continents and over 40 countries. As a staff reporter and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, he covered elections, global trade, economics and shipping, and multinational corporations from ArcelorMittal to Glencore, as well as big events like the World Cup and Tour de France. He wrote over 60 stories for the Journal’s prestigious front page and won awards from the National Press Foundation and German Marshall Fund. Miller has also contributed to Time, America magazine and NPR, and serves as Chief Economic Analyst of Trade Data Monitor. He is co-director of “Moundsville”, a feature documentary about a classic American industrial town that launched on PBS in 2020. For America magazine he currently writes the Moral Economy column. Miller is from Brussels and holds Belgian and U.S. passports.

Moderator: Maurice Timothy Reidy joined America’s staff in October 2006 and served as online editor for several years before moving into his current role as the deputy to editor in chief Matt Malone, S.J. Tim oversees America’s newsroom, directing its daily news coverage as well as working with the editorial leadership team to plan each print issue. Tim also edits the magazine’s Ideas section, where he contributes book reviews and essays. Before joining America, he worked at The Hartford Courant, a newspaper in Connecticut, and Commonweal magazine.

This event is co-sponsored by the Catholic Media Association and the New York Press Club.

We don’t have comments turned on everywhere anymore. We have recently relaunched the commenting experience at America and are aiming for a more focused commenting experience with better moderation by opening comments on a select number of articles each day.

But we still want your feedback. You can join the conversation about this article with us in social media on Twitter or Facebook, or in one of our Facebook discussion groups for various topics.

Or send us feedback on this article with one of the options below:

We welcome and read all letters to the editor but, due to the volume received, cannot guarantee a response.

In order to be considered for publication, letters should be brief (around 200 words or less) and include the author’s name and geographic location. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.

We open comments only on select articles so that we can provide a focused and well-moderated discussion on interesting topics. If you think this article provides the opportunity for such a discussion, please let us know what you'd like to talk about, or what interesting question you think readers might want to respond to.

If we decide to open comments on this article, we will email you to let you know.

If you have a message for the author, we will do our best to pass it along. Note that if the article is from a wire service such as Catholic News Service, Religion News Service, or the Associated Press, we will not have direct contact information for the author. We cannot guarantee a response from any author.

We welcome any information that will help us improve the factual accuracy of this piece. Thank you.

Please consult our Contact Us page for other options to reach us.

City and state/province, or if outside Canada or the U.S., city and country. 
When you click submit, this article page will reload. You should see a message at the top of the reloaded page confirming that your feedback has been received.

The latest from america

Christians may not be fully aware of the bloody history of anti-Semitism that was fueled in part by Christian anti-Judaism going back to the origins of Christianity.
Richard J. CliffordJuly 23, 2024
Following a Vatican-mandated investigation that found no evidence of sexual misconduct, Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix is returning to his position as Quebec's archbishop and primate of Canada.
President Joe Biden's decision not to seek re-election is surprising—but don't call it unprecedented. It happened once before, in 1968.
James T. KeaneJuly 22, 2024
In her keynote address at the Eucharistic Congress, Gloria Purvis warned that disloyalty to Pope Francis, the sin of racism and putting political parties above God threaten the unity of the Catholic Church.
Gloria PurvisJuly 22, 2024