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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Local News in the Digital Age</span></b><a name=top></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Thursday, September 22<br>5-7 p.m. <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E15" target="_top"><br>Bartos Theater</a><br>MIT Media Lab<br>20 Ames Street<br><b><br></b><a name=abstract></a>Is local news a casualty of the digital age? A <a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/osp/inc-report/The_Information_Needs_of_Communities.pdf">recent report</a> from the Federal Communications <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commission suggests that although the broad media landscape is more vibrant than ever, <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>many state and local communities face a shortage of professional reporting, undermining <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>journalism’s watchdog role at the local level. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This Forum will assess the state of local journalism, paying special attention to the changing <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>environment for news in New England. Our speakers, drawn from traditional as well as online <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>media, include <a href="http://www.wgbh.org/programs/The-Callie-Crossley-Show-855"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Callie Crossley</span></strong></a>, host of her own talk show on WGBH; <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David Dahl</span></strong>, who oversees <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.boston.com/yourtown/">local news initiatives</a> for the <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Boston Globe and </span></em>Boston.com; and <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adam Gaffin</span></strong> of the local <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>news site <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.universalhub.com/">Universal Hub</a></span></em>. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.dankennedy.net/"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dan Kennedy</span></strong></a>, a media analyst who teaches at Northeastern University, will moderate the discussion.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All forums are free and open to the public. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See <a href="http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum">http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum</a> for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>===========================<br>Brad Seawell, Program Coordinator<br>MIT Communications Forum<br>14N-430<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br>voice 617-253-3521<br>fax 617-253-6105<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>