The Critical Role of the News Media in Our Democracy

Reed Phillips, Managing Partner of Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips, will be moderating the Foreign Policy Association's annual lecture on Foreign Policy and the Media, joined by Jeffrey M. Johnson, President of Hearst Newspapers, and Brooke Masters, US Managing Editor of The Financial Times. The topic of this year’s lecture is The Critical Role of the News Media in Our Democracy.

📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026

🕒 6:00 PM EDT

👉🏻 Register here

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