At a time when the press is under increasing attack — amid headlines about “fake news,” political polarization and racial rifts — a Mormon apostle has this advice for journalists: keep reporting, keep writing, keep seeking truth.
After all, Elder D. Todd Christofferson told some 300 Latin journalists Saturday night, such work is essential to enlighten the public. And an informed citizenry, he said, forms the “bulwark of democracy.”
Christofferson, addressing the 73rd annual Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) at the Conference Center Theater in downtown Salt Lake City, trumpeted the freedoms of speech, expression and religion, and warned against any attempts to curtail them.