David Carson will join the panel of journalists talking about recent events in Ferguson at the Online News Association’s opening keynote on Thursday, Sept. 25 in Chicago. Carson, a photojournalist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, covered the story since it began.
From ONA:
Following the Aug. 9 police shooting of Michael Brown, Ferguson, Mo. became a petri dish of breaking news reporting in the 21st century, magnifying race relations, social media eyewitness accounts, minute-by-minute mobile reporting, class dynamics, news saturation and the rights and safety of the press. Each of these factors impacted events, coverage and reaction, from the White House to local neighborhoods. Our on-the-ground journalists, some of whom became the news, meet in a conversation to debrief on coverage as it unfolded and the complex issues Ferguson has evoked.
Carson spoke with Poynter on, Aug. 11, after shooting the first night of rioting in Ferguson. On Tuesday, he spoke with Poynter again about the story as it has developed and the impact of national and activist media on the scene.
#Ferguson one month, #MikeBrown memorial on Canfield Dr. pic.twitter.com/IikH9gtiED
— David Carson (@PDPJ) September 9, 2014
On Monday, Carson spent time with protesters who are still in Ferguson, and some of them are leery of journalists now, while others feel they’re treated better by the police when the press is present.
“I was happy the first week when no one was here, and I’m happy now that everyone’s gone,” Carson said. “It’s easier to work.”
Carson joins Huffington Post/Beacon Reader’s Mariah Stewart, VICE News Claire Ward, Wesley Lowery with The Washington Post and Trymaine Lee with MSNBC. The session will be moderated by Michel Martin with NPR.
On September 4, Poynter wrote about the initial announcement from ONA, which included no journalists from a St. Louis media outlet. That day ONA announced they’d be adding someone to the lineup. On Sept. 6, Poynter wrote about a similar panel at EIJ.
