How do you get your news? Radio? Social media, TV? Newspapers? Websites? How do you know if the news you’re consuming is credible? And in the age of the internet, how do journalists verify the facts and weed out bad information? Today we have a special show before a live audience. It’s a collaboration with the Sacred Heart University Media Exchange. The state of news literacy in our region. Our guests:
- Belinha De Abreu, Ph.D., media literacy educator
- Jaci Clement, CEO, Fair Media Council
- Gary Rose, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Government, Politics and Global Studies, Sacred Heart University
- Macaela Bennett, staff analyst, NewsGuard
- Matt DeRienzo, vice president of news and digital content, Hearst Connecticut Media Group
- Mikala Kane, senior content editor, Hartford Courant
- Terry Sheridan, news director, WSHU