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VIDEO: For We the People, What Should News Be?

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Summit, NJ: Five leading journalists discuss the 'essential purpose' of news, and imagine vast changes in our democracy in 15 years. (For Video Chapters, CLICK BELOW.) This 'non-partisan, no-blame' forum steers clear of finance and party politics, and focuses instead on citizens as creative problem-solvers. Terry Baker (Al Jazeera America), Mark Di Ionno (The Star-Ledger), Jim Schachter (WNYC), Kate Tomlinson (New Jersey Monthly), and Mary Alice Williams (NJTV) share stories, passions, and perspectives on their careers and current work. (Co-presented by Interweave & NJ Arts News.)