How can journalists in today’s political climate effectively cover the news while remaining transparent and unbiased? What can news organizations do to remain watchful over the Trump administration while combating “fake news?” What is “fake news” and how can journalists guide audiences to make educated, informed decisions about the news they consume?
Journalists from national media outlets Chartbeat, ABC news and POLITICO will join researchers, educators and others during a Nov. 10 daylong discussion designed to address these questions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“It’s incredibly important for a journalism program to be involved in tackling issues pertaining to the media and democracy,” said Maria Marron, dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications and originator of the series, ‘Media and Politics.’ “We are teaching future journalists how to report the news accurately and truthfully. We are at a critical juncture in civic life where varying agendas are battling to distort fact and truth. The intersection of journalism and politics has never been more important. That is why this conference is critically important to the college and to the public at large.”
The event, “Media & Politics: President Trump and Journalism,” is hosted by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications and is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Speakers include UNL Emeritus Professor of History Lloyd Ambrosius and Gus Hurwitz, assistant professor and co-director of the Space, Cyber & Telecom Law Program at the UNL College of Law; Emily Ingram, lead product manager, Chartbeat and formerly senior product manager at HuffPost; keynoter Rick Klein, political director at ABC news; Debashis Aikat, associate professor at the School of Media and Journalism at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Lyle Denniston, former Supreme Court reporter at SCOTUSblog; and Daniel Lippman, reporter at POLITICO.
The sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, including a schedule, visit https://journalism.unl.edu/mediaandpolitics.