Humanities Teacher Award winner Ryan Schilling (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) will present his public lecture “The Dangers of Informing: The Suppression of Journalism from a Historical and Contemporary Perspective.”
An independent press is essential to a free and open society. With this in mind, the presentation will explore the ways that authoritarian regimes have sought to silence journalists, both in the past and in our current times. A variety of topics will be discussed, including the methods that states often use to control information, growing authoritarianism throughout the world, and the recent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
