I asked my guest Joe Killian – a veteran journalist - to write these episode notes given his chosen profession:
What happens when a right leaning libertarian businessman and a left-leaning veteran journalist get together and talk? Sometimes they find common ground, agree on contentious issues and respectfully disagree on others. Shocker? It shouldn’t be. When you’re a maverick, you make up your own mind and aren’t intimidated by opposing ideas. This conversation has everything. The history of journalism and the shifting media landscape. Cancel culture vs. actual censorship. Ben Shapiro. Nikole Hannah-Jones. In my opinion there are few things more enjoyable than a long talk with someone who is intelligent, intellectually honest and with whom you may disagree on many things. Links to learn more about Joe Killian: NC Policy Watch Joe’s Twitter. Joe’s guest column for the News & Record (waaaaay back in 2004) about Tristan Taormino, the lecturer he tells us about from his days at UNCG. His story on Nikole Hannah-Jones turning down UNC tenure offer, going to Howard University. His interview with Walter Hussman.
His interview with Susan King, former dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
His story on the UNC Hussman faculty and Walter Hussman’s core values statement.
Joe Killian, Investigative Reporter, joined N.C. Policy Watch in August of 2016. His work takes a closer look at government, politics and policy in North Carolina and their impact on the lives of everyday people. Before joining Policy Watch, Joe spent a decade at the News & Record in Greensboro, reporting on everything from cops and courts to higher education. He covered the city councils of High Point and Greensboro and the Guilford County Board of Commissioners before becoming the paper’s full-time government and politics reporter. His work has also appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal, Go Triad, the Bristol Press in Bristol, Conn., and the Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Mass. joe@ncpolicywatch.com 919-863-2402
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