View the MII Panel discussion of Eve Pearlman: How to lead a conversation between people who disagree In a world deeply divided, how do we have hard conversations with nuance, curiosity, respect? Veteran reporter Eve Pearlman introduces “dialogue journalism”: a project where journalists go to the heart of social and political divides to support discussions between people who disagree. See what happened when a group that would have never otherwise met — 25 liberals from California and 25 conservatives from Alabama — gathered to talk about contentious issues. “Real connection across difference: this is a salve that our democracy sorely needs,” Pearlman says.

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