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Petra McGillen, Fake News in Context: 19C German Journalism

Petra McGillen is an Associate Professor of German Studies at Dartmouth College.

Monday, October 16, 2023
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Room 003, Rockefeller Center
Intended Audience(s): Public
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In 19C Germany, journalists devised a number of strategies to outsmart the censors they often faced. One was to hire fake editors whose sole job was to “take the fall” in the event of a crackdown, even going to jail if need be so the real editors could secretly continue working. This talk will analyze the “fake editor” phenomenon, and how it contributed to our present views of journalistic freedom and accountability.  

Free and open to the public, sponsored by the Political Economy Project.

October 16, Rocky 3 (tentative venue) at 4:30 pm.

For more information, contact:
Henry Clark
henry.c.clark@dartmouth.edu
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