Episode 69 - Haaretz Chief Editor Talks Journalism

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Freedom of speech or freedom of the press has been a key ingredient of healthy democracies since, well, since healthy democracies have been around. But what does it mean to be a good Journalist? Where do we draw the lines between freedom of press and national security? How do you keep a newspaper’s ethics in check without compromising on its values? As Israel's leading liberal national daily newspaper, Haaretz and its journalists must struggle with these questions on a daily basis, particularly the person who runs the paper. So, here to help us answer those questions is Aluf Benn, the editor-in-chief of Haaretz. Aluf Benn has been published in a number of international newspapers including The NYT, The Guardian and Newsweek. He joins us today to discuss journalism.

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:07.0	This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal.
0:10.0	www.jewishjournal.com.
0:13.0	Freedom of speech or freedom of the press has been a key ingredient of healthy democracies since, well,
0:19.0	since healthy democracies have been around. But what does it mean to
0:22.1	be a good journalist? Where do we draw the lines between freedom of press and national security?
0:27.5	How do you keep a newspaper's ethics in check without compromising its values? As Israel's leading
0:33.6	liberal national daily newspaper, Ha'Aretitz and its journalists must struggle with this question
0:38.9	on a daily basis, particularly the person who runs the paper. So here to help us answer those
0:44.7	questions is Alouf Ben, the editor-in-chief of Ha'Aretz. Alouf Ben has been published in a number of
0:50.1	international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Newsweek.
0:56.4	He joins us today to discuss journalism.
1:00.3	Subscribe to two nice Jewish boys on iTunes.
1:03.4	And if you like the podcast, don't forget to rate us.
1:06.3	How are you, Olu?
1:07.1	Good morning.
1:08.3	Oh, good morning.
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:12.6	And we're recording in the studios of Ha'Aritz.
1:13.4	Yeah.
1:15.0	It's nice to be here.
1:15.4	Yeah.
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