For The Motion
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John Hockenberry
FOR THE MOTIONJohn Hockenberryis co-host of The Takeaway, a national morning news program co-produced by WNYC Radio and Public Radio International. During his time at ABC and NBC, he earned four Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Casey Medal.
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Jim VandeHei
FOR THE MOTIONJim VandeHeiis executive editor of Politico. In the fall of 2006, VandeHei, along with co-founder John Harris, left the Washington Post to create Politico, now one of the nation’s most influential websites and newspapers. -
Michael Wolff
FOR THE MOTIONMichael Wolffis a columnist for Vanity Fair and the founder of news aggregator newser.com. His latest book is The Man Who Owns the News (2008), a biography of Rupert Murdoch.
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Katrina vanden Heuvel
AGAINST THE MOTIONKatrina vanden Heuvelis editor and publisher of the Nation. She is the editor of several books including, Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (2009) and co-editor of Taking Back America--And Taking Down The Radical Right (2004). -
David Carr
AGAINST THE MOTIONDavid Carrwrites a column for the Monday Business section of the New York Times that focuses on media issues including print, digital, film, radio and television. -
Phil Bronstein
AGAINST THE MOTIONPhil Bronsteinbegan his journalism career in his teens as a film reviewer. He joined the San Francisco Examiner as a reporter in 1980, and beginning in 1983, spent 10 years as a war correspondent where he was a 1986 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his work in the Philippines.
Moderator
John Donvan is an author and correspondent for ABC News. He has served as ABC’s White House Correspondent, along with postings in Moscow, London, Jerusalem and Amman. He is currently writing a book on the history of autism to be published by Crown in 2013.
