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SUMMARY:A Conversation About Journalism in 2026 with The Atlantic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a timely conversation about the state of journalism and its essential role in a thriving democracy. Jeffrey Goldberg\, Editor of The Atlantic\, and Evan Smith\, Managing Director of Events at The Atlantic and former CEO of The Texas Tribune\, will discuss the challenges facing news organizations today\, how journalism can help foster an informed\, engaged citizenry and hot topics like the 2026 midterm elections. \nCo-hosted by the Center for Media Engagement and The Patman Center for Civic and Political Engagement. \nRSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND  \nSpeakers: \nJeffery Goldberg\, Editor of the Atlantic \nJeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and the moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic. He joined The Atlantic in 2007 as a national correspondent and in 2016 was named editor in chief\, the 15th person to serve as editor in The Atlantic’s 168-year history. During his editorship\, The Atlantic has set new audience and subscription records\, and won its first-ever Pulitzer Prizes. In 2022\, 2023\, and 2024\, The Atlantic received the National Magazine Award for General Excellence from the American Society of Magazine Editors\, the top award in the industry. \nBefore joining The Atlantic\, Goldberg served as the Middle East correspondent and then the Washington correspondent for The New Yorker. Earlier in his career\, he was a writer for The New York Times Magazine. He began his career as a police reporter for The Washington Post. Goldberg is the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror and On Heroism: McCain\, Milley\, Mattis\, and the Cowardice of Donald Trump. A former fellow of the American Academy in Berlin\, he also served as a public-policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and as the distinguished visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Goldberg is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the National Magazine Award for Reporting; the Daniel Pearl Award for Reporting; the Overseas Press Club’s award for human-rights reporting; the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism\, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Prize for best investigative reporting. \nEvan Smith\, Managing Director at the Atlantic\, Former CEO of The Texas Tribune \nEvan Smith is a senior advisor at Emerson Collective\, working closely with journalists and funders around the country to support the local news ecosystem. He’s also a Professor of Practice at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin\, where he teaches a course on the politics and issues of the election season. \nHe previously spent more than thirteen years at The Texas Tribune\, which he co-founded and led as CEO\, and nearly eighteen years at Texas Monthly\, including nine years as Editor-in-Chief and a year as President. \nEvan is the host of “Overheard with Evan Smith\,” a weekly half-hour interview program that airs on PBS stations from coast to coast. He serves on the boards of St. Stephen’s Episcopal School\, the Austin Film Society\, and the LBJ Foundation. A native of New York\, he’s a graduate of Hamilton College\, which awarded him an honorary degree in 2023\, and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism\, which inducted him into its Hall of Achievement in 2006. \n 
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/a-conversation-about-journalism-in-2026-with-the-atlantic/
LOCATION:Bass Lecture Hall – LBJ – SRH 3.122
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