- Date:
- unknown/unknown
- Main contributors:
- Poynter Center
- Summary:
- The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics & American Institutions was an endowed ethics research center established in 1972 at Indiana University Bloomington. Through its programming, the Poynter Center addressed bioethics, religion, political ethics, research ethics, professional and educational ethics, technology, and many other areas. Initiatives over the years included courses such as "The Citizen and the News," supported by the Ford Foundation, which began in the fall of 1975 and studied the institutions that produce news and information about public affairs in America. Interview with George Reedy, White House press secretary under Lyndon B. Johnson from 1964-1965. The interview focuses on Reedy's recently published book 'Twilight of the Presidency', which advances the idea that the presidency is an institution in decline, and identifies the reasons for this decline.