Media Matters: The Backstory on Journalism, News & Accountability
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Sunday, Oct 9, 2022 3pm
Location
Longmont Museum
400 Quail Rd
Details
This is the first program in a two-part series on the past, present and future of journalism, reporting, and accountability.
Local newspapers provide the soundtrack of our communities, hold our public officials accountable, and help us better understand our nation and our world. But the state of local journalism has never been in greater peril. More than 2,000 local newspapers have closed since 2005. Over 36,000 journalists have lost their jobs, been furloughed or have taken pay cuts just since the pandemic. Many newspapers have cut days of publication or closed altogether because of the loss of advertising revenue. “Media Deserts”, geographical communities where there is no longer a local newspaper, are on the rise. In the last 18 years, the number of newspapers in Colorado has dropped by over 16%. This development concerns us all.
Featuring Maria Karagianis, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; Melissa Davis, Director of the Colorado Media Project; Chuck Plunkett, Former managing editor of the Denver Post; and Greg Moore, former managing editor of the Boston Globe and Denver Post. Moderated by Tim Waters, Longmont City Council.
