First hour: The intersection of photojournalism and social media
Second hour: The year in finance, markets, and economic development
Facebook deleted a photo of a starving Yemeni child, saying that the photo was inappropriate content. The photo came from a column written by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. Kristof criticized Facebook, saying that as a media gatekeeper, they were preventing the world from seeing how dire and tragic the situation has become for thousands of children. Twenty four hours later, Facebook relented, saying that the deletion was a mistake. That has kicked off fresh debate on a number of levels. How does Facebook decide what we are, and are not, allowed to see? What kind of problems are created if we censor photographs of this nature? Our guests discuss it:
- William Snyder, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, and chair of the photojournalism program at RIT
- Jenn Poggi, assistant professor of photojournalism at RIT, and former photo editor for the Associated Press and U.S. News & World Report
- Scott Malouf, attorney whose work focuses on the intersection of social media and the law
It has been another vertiginous week on Wall Street, with wild swings happening daily. Our guests will recap the year in markets, finance, and economic development. What have we learned in 2018? Unemployment levels are low, but how are the other fundamentals? What should we be looking for in 2019? Our guests:
- Ana Liss, managing director of Greater Rochester Enterprise
- Amit Batabyal, professor of economics at RIT
- George Conboy, chairman of Brighton Securities
