Lowy Lecture Series - In conversation with James Fallows: Political media, old and new

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Lowy Institute’s blog, The Interpreter, please join us for a conversation with James Fallows, drawing on his experience as a journalist and media critic to examine the role of old and new media in politics. This discussion takes place in a year of leadership change in two countries where James has extensive reporting experience: China and the United States. Interpreter editor Sam Roggeveen, moderating this session, will talk with James about the ways traditional media, blogs and social media have changed politics in both the US and China, and what this says about the future of each. There will be plenty of time for audience questions. James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. In recent years, he has reported extensively from China and his latest book, China Airborne, was published in early May. He is also the author of Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, and is chair in US media at the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney.