Politics, Incivility, and the Media: the Need to Restore Dialogue and Debate

Join us as we look back and forward at Congress, politics, and the impact of the media over the past 50 years. From bipartisan to partisan and investigative reporting to citizen journalist, where have we been and how do we move towards a more effective government?

Ira Shapiro, author of The Last Great Senate, long-time Senate staffer and Clinton administration trade ambassador.

Trey Grayson, Director, Harvard Institute of Politics, former Kentucky Secretary of State

Patrick Butler, President, Association of Public Television Stations, former Sr. VP of the Washington Post, speechwriter for President Ford and aide to Sen. Howard Baker.