Hot Plates, Hot Topics: Is the Outlook for News as Bleak as They Say?

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Wednesday, October 26
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Salt Hill Pub, Lebanon, NH
Member: $35; Non-member: $45

About

An overview of the local-news landscape around the country, reasons for both despair and hope, and the lessons we can glean from Daybreak’s experience in the Upper Valley.

Agenda

11:45 AM Check-in with meal choice
12:00 PM Presentation
12:50 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Q&A

Meal Choices

Mac and Cheese - Three-cheese macaroni topped with Ritz crackers
Fish and Chips - Served with coleslaw and tartar sauce
Brigid McCarthy - Mixed green salad with grilled pear and grilled chicken topped with cranberries, walnuts, cucumber, and gorgonzola

Speaker Bio

Rob Gurwitt started as a journalist at Congressional Quarterly in Washington, DC, moved on to Governing magazine, and then carved out a career writing for magazines about how communities grapple with change. He was part of the team behind the local news-media startup DailyUV. In March 2019 he left the organization and launched Daybreak, the weekday-morning newsletter for and about the Upper Valley.