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UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
The Strain of Whistleblowing and the Power of Civic Duty
57 minutes Posted Jul 13, 2021 at 10:23 pm.
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Daniel and Patricia Ellsberg discuss the civic courage and compassion it takes to be a whistleblower with Berkeley Journalism Dean Geeta Anand on the 50th anniversary of the release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. They are joined by Robert Rosenthal, who was a clerk for The New York Times when it published these secret documents. Their dynamic discussion focuses on the stress of whistleblowing, the importance of civic duty and the concerns of family life during trying times. An intimate and important discussion about journalism in the modern era.