Saving Journalism from the Media

Join us for the book premiere of Despite Everything by Roger de Weck, published by Suhrkamp Verlag. Roger de Weck, a veteran journalist, has experienced the profession from various roles — as a newspaper editor, broadcast chief, reporter and moderator. He expresses concern over the growing divide between journalism and the media business. By embracing the “principle nevertheless”, de Weck advocates for practicing journalism despite the challenges posed by the media crisis, budget cuts, platforms like X and TikTok, commercialization and sensationalism. Ultimately demonstrating how journalism can be bolstered as the foundation of democracy. This reading and discussion will be moderated by Publix founding director Maria Exner. Despite Everything is officially published on October 14.