Please join us for Democracy Diminished: Is Local News Dying? – A Camden Conference Panel Tackles the Issue. This panel discussion takes place on the evening of Wednesday, November 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
- Reception from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.
- Panel discussion from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
OceanView is delighted to host this event at our Lunt Auditorium (74 Lunt Road, Falmouth, ME 04105).
Local newspapers are vital to the civic health of America’s small towns –– but local papers are a vanishing breed, leaving “news deserts” in many parts of Maine and the country. Does this matter? Research has found that when a local newspaper disappears, what follows is a decline in civic engagement of citizens and increases in local government waste, corruption, and political polarization. What are Maine’s leading news organizations doing to counter this trend? Join our speakers for an in-depth and timely discussion.
Moderator:
- Matt Storin, former Editor for the Boston Globe
Panel speakers:
- Lisa DeSisto, CEO and Publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News
- Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Executive Director for The Maine Monitor
- Jo Easton, Director of Development for the Bangor Daily News
This special event is free and open to all.
Advanced registration is strongly encouraged. You must register through the Camden Conference.
Click here to register for this event.
Donations to support the Camden Conference are welcome! This event ties in with the upcoming Camden Conference, Democracy Under Threat: A Global Perspective, February 21-23. The conference will be presented live at the Camden Opera House and livestreamed to the Strand Theatre in Rockland and the Lunt Auditorium as well as to homes and classrooms worldwide. The Camden Conference is a nonprofit, non-partisan, volunteer-driven citizens forum with the mission of fostering informed discourse on world issues. Year-round public engagement includes community events and student education programs. For more information please visit camdenconference.org.
