“Moral Courage: Profiles of Investigative Journalists”
“Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT)
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moral courage is in the spotlight today given an upsurge in authoritarian regimes worldwide. To date, 88 investigative journalists have been killed in the Israeli /Hamas war.
Why do investigative journalists stand up to intolerant regimes, often single-handedly?In the book, Moral Courage, 19 international journalists explain their rational for the work they do.
We will be speaking with Canadian neuro-psychiatrist Professor Anthony Feinstein who has a strong and lauded track record in the field of conflict journalism research and we will learn what motivates investigative journalists to expose crime and corruption, despite the greed, personal risks involved.
Please join “Be Bold America!” on Sunday, March 24 at 5:00 pm to learn how these people literally put their bodies on the line for the rest of us to learn the truth.
Interview Guest:
Anthony Feinstein, Ph.D., is a neuropsychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His research follows two strands – the search for cerebral correlates of behavioral disorders associated with multiple sclerosis, and exploring the psychological effects of conflict on journalists. Dr. Feinstein consults with news organizations including the New York Times, CNN and The Globe & Mail providing educational sessions about frontline journalists’ emotional health. He is the author of seven books including his most recent, Moral Courage: 19 Profiles of Investigative Journalists. In 2000-2001 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study mental health issues in post-apartheid Namibia. In 2012, he produced a documentary, “Under Fire” based on his research of journalists in war zones, which won a Peabody Award.
