Humanities Nebraska worked with local, state, and national partners to offer a series of community conversations across the state during the fall of 2018 entitled “An Issue of Trust: Democracy and the Future of Journalism.”
The program series offered the opportunity for the general public to engage in discussion with panels of renowned journalists in Kearney, Lincoln, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, and Scottsbluff/Gering. This program explored questions such as:
- What role should the news media play in our democracy?
- What role is the news media currently playing in our democracy?
- How do we identify biased or inaccurate information?
- What does the future hold for consumption and dissemination of news?
- What are the obligations of citizens and journalists in today’s news media environment?