How do we cover one of the messiest, most polarizing, and deeply personal issues today: abortion? Where does objectivity enter if it ever does?
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Please join us for an important conversation and screening, hosted by the Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights at Columbia University. This event is only open to members of the Columbia community.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/battleground-tickets-412248013907
Moderator: CJS Professor June Cross, director of the documentary journalism program
Introduction: Dean Jelani Cobb
Screening: a 20-minute clip from the film
Panel:
Cynthia Lowen, documentary director and Emmy-nominated filmmaker
Nicole Shipley, executive producer, who also produced "Trial of the Chicago 7"
Terry McGovern, professor, and chair of the department of population and family health, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
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