The Salisbury Forum will present “The News on Trial,” a talk with “The New Yorker” writer David D. Kirkpatrick, on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT. Admission is free.

The news media prepared to cover the 2024 presidential election as a historic test of American democracy. Kirkpatrick will discuss how it has turned into a test of the future of American journalism. He is a writer for “The New Yorker” whose work includes coverage of American politics. He previously spent 22 years as a correspondent for “The New York Times,” based in Washington, New York, Cairo, and London. While at “The Times,” he contributed to the coverage of several American presidential elections and led coverage of the 2011 uprisings for democracy across the Middle East.

Learn more about the Salisbury Forum at www.salisburyforum.org.