Host Mark Cramer from Harvard takes us along as Journalists discuss their place on the battlefield, and in the news. Cramer is director of Harvard's Neimann School for Journalism. Their annual conference is the basis of the conversations we hear. Seymore Hersh makes up the bulk of this hour with some time set aside for Molly Bingham,and David Finkle. Hersh is brilliant and to the point as ever, but I do think we've heard all this before on a half-dozen other NPR type broadcasts. Bingham's comments are raw and matter of fact, building the drama. Her voice is new and fresh, and worth hanging on every word. Finkle talks about his experience being "unembeded" on the front of several wars for the Washington Post. The piece has that specific and identifiable sound of "open mics on a podium." In the realm of National Press Club. There's an uncomfortable musical interlude between two of the speakers. The content, however, is rich. The words - the reason we listen at all - are real and instructive. I don't know if we really learn anything more about a journalist's role in war, but we certainly learn about how a journalist's job is controlled by the people and powers who manage the war. Serious and important stuff.