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Doing More with Less: Journalism and the Polis
Monday March 3rd, 2008
 
The Knight Chair in Media and Religion presents a discussion with David Simon, creator and executive producer of the highly-acclaimed HBO series The Wire. On the critically acclaimed series, Simon has tackled problems of contemporary urban life.  This season, the former Baltimore Sun reporter takes a hard look at how the news media has to do "more with less" and the impact of that on the body politic. Reception follows discussion. RSVP required to bakere@usc.edu. This event is cosponsored by the USC Gould School of Law and Center for Religion and Civic Culture.

View video of the event.
Chris Barton blogs on the event in the LA Times.
David Simon blogs on the series' end on The Huffington Post.
 
 
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