CC ACE presents News: The Changing Landscape of Journalism in the 21st Century

Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education’s Advisory Council presents “News: The Changing Landscape of Journalism in the 21st Century” on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00 pm in the CCHS Auditorium.

Our panel of professional journalists and media experts will explore the changing nature of print, TV news, and social media, and our democracy. How is news reported today, what has changed, and how do we navigate the multiple sources of news? What is real what is not? Whom do we trust?

David Nurenberg, Concord-Carlisle High School English Teacher, Assistant Professor, Lesley University School of Education, will host the event. Dr. Nurenberg has been teaching high school humanities for 15 years, during which he has taught, and designed, a wide variety of courses, including a World Literature elective that won awards from the US State Department for promoting international understanding. He has worked with the State Department over the past five years to design and administer the first ever sister-school exchange program between schools in the USA and the insular former Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan. In keeping with both Social constructivism and Critical pedagogy, Dr. Nurenberg believes that teachers and students co-create learning through either conscious or unconscious negotiation, and that becoming conscious of this process is a vital factor in shaping effective education. He believes that students are most engaged when they can apply the work they do in class to authentic opportunities to empower themselves and effect change in their school and community. He tries to engage his Lesley students in applying relevant educational theory to grounded use in classroom practice.

Our panel includes Concord resident, Tim Riley; he is Associate Professor of Journalism at Emerson College, an NPR commentator, and a frequent lecturer on Censorship in the Arts and Rock History. He was also Brown University's Critic in Residence in 2008. Tim will talk about the changing nature of written media.

Karen Shiffman is one of the founding members of WBUR’s On Point since 2001. As executive producer, she has helped produced the past three Democratic and Republican conventions. Prior to producing On Point, Karen was a news producer at WCVB and WBZ-TV in Boston. She holds a master’s in psychology from Harvard University. Karen will guide us through the maze of broadcast media.

Melissa Zimdars, Assistant Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication & Media at Merrimack College will focus on fake news. She came to national attention through her work with OpenSources.co, a project that navigates fake and otherwise misleading “news” websites.

Dr. Zimdars earned her Ph.D. in Communication Studies (Media Studies) from the University of Iowa and B.A. in Journalism, Mass Communication and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Melissa will focus on the role of social media in today’s news environment.

News and how we get our information is critical to our Democracy. Please join us on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00 pm in the Concord-Carlisle High School Auditorium.

Tickets are $10 for Adults and $2 for Students in advance, or $15 at the door. Purchase your tickets at www.ace.colonial.net. All proceeds support the ongoing efforts of Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education.