WASILLA (ALASKA)
The Frontiersman
July 22, 2018
By Tim Rockey
Award-winning journalist and subject of the Academy Award winning 2015 film “Spotlight,” Walter ‘Robby’ Robinson, shared some insights and wisdom of a career spanning nearly five decades in journalism during an afternoon in Wasilla Thursday.
His work as part of the Spotlight team at the Boston Globe led to more than 600 stories detailing systemic abuse by the Catholic Church and subsequent cover-ups in Boston. Robinson, who was portrayed by actor Michael Keaton in the film, discussed journalism in the age of the Internet, principles of journalism, and growing fear for those doing investigative reporting, though not necessarily in the United States. Robinson answered questions for Frontiersman staff prior to a luncheon at Everett’s in Wasilla attended by public officials, teachers, dignitaries and others who wanted to hear what the award-winning journalist had to say.
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