Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium panel discussion

This annual University of Idaho event will explore freedom of press in Indian Country. Documentary filmmaker Rebecca Landsberry-Baker executive director of the Indigenous Journalists Association, will lead a panel discussion with representatives of Inland Northwest tribes in the Whitewater Room, as part of the Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium. Landsberry-Baker and fellow filmmaker Joe Peeler, who co-directed the award-winning film “Bad Press,” are the symposium's keynote speakers. The film will be shown at 6:30 p.m. April 9 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, followed by a question-and-answer session with the filmmakers and tribal journalist Angel Ellis. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the Indigenous Journalists Association. Since 2011, the symposium, organized by the School of Journalism and Mass Media, has brought nationally recognized journalists and media professionals to UI. This is the first time the symposium will discuss ethical issues in documentary filmmaking.