We Haven’t Survived. ‘We Are Surviving .’

Jeffrey Goldberg, Amna Nawaz, and Joe Kahn discussed how to sustain a free press in an era of public distrust, social-media punditry, and a hostile federal government.

Marc Patrick / BFA September 18, 2026, 3:08 PM ET Share Save In a conversation at The Atlantic Festival, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic ’s editor in chief, spoke with Amna Nawaz, a co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS NewsHour , and Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times , about the state of independent media.