[Sci-tech-public] Communications Forum: "Local News in the Digital Age" this Thursday, Sept. 22, 5-7 pm, in Bartos Theater

[Brad Seawell]

Local News in the Digital Age 


Thursday, September 22
5-7 p.m.  <http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E15> 
Bartos Theater
MIT Media Lab
20 Ames Street

Is local news a casualty of the digital age?  A recent report
<http://transition.fcc.gov/osp/inc-report/The_Information_Needs_of_Communiti
es.pdf>  from the Federal Communications 

Commission suggests that although the broad media landscape is more vibrant
than ever, 

many state and local communities face a shortage of professional reporting,
undermining 

journalism's watchdog role at the local level. 

 

This Forum will assess the state of local journalism, paying special
attention to the changing 

environment for news in New England. Our speakers, drawn from traditional as
well as online 

media, include  <http://www.wgbh.org/programs/The-Callie-Crossley-Show-855>
Callie Crossley, host of her own talk show on WGBH; David Dahl, who oversees


local news initiatives <http://www.boston.com/yourtown/>  for the Boston
Globe and Boston.com; and Adam Gaffin of the local 

news site Universal Hub <http://www.universalhub.com/> . 

 

 <http://www.dankennedy.net/> Dan Kennedy, a media analyst who teaches at
Northeastern University, will moderate the discussion.

 

All forums are free and open to the public. 

 

See http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum for more information. 

 

 

 

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Brad Seawell, Program Coordinator
MIT Communications Forum
14N-430
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
voice 617-253-3521
fax 617-253-6105

 

 

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