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Moments of Truth: Community Conversation

Press Freedom and Media Literacy with the Poynter Institute

Navigating Complexity in a Changing World

"The press in its historic connotation comprehends every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion. What we have had recent occasion to say with respect to the vital importance of protecting this essential liberty from every sort of infringement need not be repeated.”  Supreme Court ruling, Lovell v City of Griffin (1938)

Changing technology throughout the history of the United States has raised new press freedom questions and introduced fresh challenges, with each generation developing its own tools and skills to navigate an increasingly complex information environment. In today’s digital world, where content is created constantly and technology evolves rapidly, protecting press freedom and finding trustworthy information feels tougher than ever. So, what comes next?

This moderated panel brings together distinguished journalists to explore the challenges press freedom is facing and the future of journalism. Joining the panel discussion will be Chris Wallace, the award-winning broadcast journalist whose past roles include CNN, Fox News and NBC, Tia Mitchell, the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Washington D.C. Bureau Chief, and Lori Montenegro, Noticias Telemundo’s Washington D.C. Bureau Chief. The discussion will be moderated by Poynter’s President, Neil Brown. 

6:00: Doors open for informal gathering, exhibit viewing and light refreshments
7:00: Panel discussion begins in the auditorium

About Moments of Truth: An Exploration of Journalism’s Past, Present and Future

Presented in celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Poynter Institute—a nonprofit newsroom and media training organization—this nationally traveling exhibit series explores the role journalism plays in shaping public trust, challenging misinformation and helping communities make sense of a changing world.

Curated by Poynter’s media literacy initiative, MediaWise, the exhibit takes visitors on a journey through the earliest forms of journalism to today’s AI-driven news landscape.

About The Poynter Institute

The Poynter Institute is a global nonprofit working to address society’s most pressing issues by teaching journalists and journalism, covering the media and the complexities facing the industry, convening and community building, improving the capacity and sustainability of news organizations and fostering trust and reliability of information. The Institute is a gold standard in journalistic excellence and dedicated to the preservation and advancement of press freedom in democracies worldwide. Through Poynter, journalists, newsrooms, businesses, big tech corporations and citizens convene to find solutions that promote trust and transparency in news and stoke meaningful public discourse. The world’s top journalists and emerging media leaders rely on the Institute to learn new skills, adopt best practices, better serve audiences, scale operations and improve the quality of the universally shared information ecosystem.

The Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), MediaWise and PolitiFact are all members of the Poynter organization.

Learn more at poynter.org.

About MediaWise

MediaWise is a social-first digital media literacy initiative of the nonprofit Poynter Institute. The program teaches people of all ages and backgrounds how to responsibly engage with online content in the age of information overload. MediaWise was created in 2018 to empower individuals to find trusted sources and make sense of the vast amount of information at their fingertips. MediaWise brings simple, yet effective, digital media literacy tools to people where they are — whether they’re on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, TikTok, or in one of the 10 countries where MediaWise operates — and walk them through every step to determine what’s real and what’s not on the internet. Through MediaWise, everyone can do their part to reduce the spread of misinformation and elevate the facts.

Explore programs at poynter.org/mediawise.

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