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National Public Radio Correspondent and Vladivostok Consul General Discuss American Mass Media with Journalism Students

NRP correspondent Gregory Feifer discusses current challenges of mass media with future journalists.

NRP correspondent Gregory Feifer discusses current challenges of mass media with future journalists.

On March 17, Public Affairs Section Vladivostok invited Moscow-based NPR correspondent, Gregory Feifer, to meet with journalism majors at the Institute of Mass Communication of the Far East National University. The meeting turned into a lively discussion about the various challenges of modern journalism, careers in journalism, and the role of public broadcasting in civil society, and as an alternative to commercial broadcasting. PAO Bridget Gersten opened the event, and Consul General Tom Armbruster took questions from the students about U.S.-Russia relations, democracy, and globalization, as well as various personal questions about his media and diplomatic experience.


 




 

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