Written in 1625 by the British playwright Ben Jonson, the play “The Staple of News” provides a historic root for this discussion about the role of the press in modern day Brazil. Journalists of several generations discuss the dilemmas of the selection and focus of their subjects, the resistance of the media in accepting itself as a political agent, the inevitability of interpretation as there are no hard facts in nature, and above all the search for an always complex balance between credibility and the public’s growing demand for news.
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
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Champs
2015
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Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
2008
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Naqoyqatsi
2002
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The Class of ‘92
2013
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Birth of the Living Dead
2013
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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
2020
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Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
2017
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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
1978
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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008
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