Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How should truth-seeking investigative journalism operate amid the proliferation of conspiracy theories on one side and the rise of a cadre of sometimes censorious “disinformation” experts on the other? Can the slur of conspiracy be used to intimidate and discourage genuine investigative reporting? How does one separate genuine leads from conspiracy fiction, when a few of those conspiracies might be true?
Featuring: Florence de Changy and Mads Brugger
Chair: James Harkin
Filmed live at The Barbican as part of the CIJ Logan Symposium: Source! 2024.
How should truth-seeking investigative journalism operate amid the proliferation of conspiracy theories on one side and the rise of a cadre of sometimes censorious “disinformation” experts on the other? Can the slur of conspiracy be used to intimidate and discourage genuine investigative reporting? How does one separate genuine leads from conspiracy fiction, when a few of those conspiracies might be true?
Featuring: Florence de Changy and Mads Brugger
Chair: James Harkin
Filmed live at The Barbican as part of the CIJ Logan Symposium: Source! 2024.
