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Fact, False, or Just Flawed: Critically Examining News in the Age of Truthiness
November 17, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
$35.009:00 – 9:30: Registration and Breakfast
9:30 – 9:45: Welcome: Nancy Bellafante
9:45 – 11:00: Keynote Presentation: Pamela Newkirk, Professor at NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute; author of Within the Veil: Black Journalists White Media.
11:00 – 11:15: Break
11:15 – 12:30: Moderated Panel
Moderator: Tom Ipri, Associate Director for Public Services & Programming, St. Joseph’s University
Panelists:
- Mark Dent, journalist & writer for Billy Penn and Politifact
- Sarah Hartman-Caverly, reference & instruction librarian at Delaware County Community College
- Vanessa Schipani, science writer at FactCheck.org
- John L Sullivan, associate professor of media & communication at Muhlenberg College
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15- 3:00: Lightning Rounds: presentations on library partnerships, programs, resources, and teaching strategies that address news literacy
3:00 – 3:30: Chapter Meeting
This event is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor , through the College and Research Division (http://crdpala.org/) of PaLA. Show your appreciation by becoming a member of PaLA! And if you are a member – Thank you!