Trust Us?
News sources proliferate just as trust thins out for traditional media. What we are doing about it. Join us on June 30 for this town hall.
Jun 30 2022
WHEN:
Jun 30, 2022 at 6:30pm
WHERE:
Ballroom
CONTACT INFO:
Dan Macy
MORE INFO:
Special Event
This event is open only to NPC members & credentialed press
We’re told that lies travel faster than the truth. If that is so, what are journalists doing to prove to audiences that what they read, see and hear is based on verifiable facts? In a world of conflicting media standards, practices and ethics, news organizations must cope with more challenges to more facts by more people than ever. Journalists Sam Fulwood (Dean, School of Communication, American University) Elahe Izadi (media reporter, The Washington Post) and Terence Samuel (VP News, NPR) join PBS Public Editor Ricardo Sandoval-Palos in exploring, before a live audience, how politics and mis- and dis-information undermine trust.
The program will be recorded for broadcast on PBS.org, the PBS and National Press Club YouTube channels.
Who Should Attend?
Are you a journalist? Documentary film producer? Do you write marketing copy for a media organization? Then you are handling information and it is more important than ever to make sure you are not handling misinformation or even disinformation. Today it is easier than ever to get into hot water merely by mentioning a “fact” in passing and finding out that what you just published was inaccurate or worse, downright false.
Join us for a cocktail reception preceding the event outside the main ballroom, beginning at 5:00 PM.
All visitors of the National Press Club must show proof of vaccination and photo ID upon entry.