The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators

    When:
    March 3, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
    2025-03-03T18:00:00-05:00
    2025-03-03T19:00:00-05:00
    Cost:
    Free
    The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators

    Trust in the news media is at historic lows. Audiences are increasingly skeptical that mainstream media serves their interests and are turning their attention to independent media creators. But that doesn’t mean that real journalism isn’t being done.

    In this panel, we talk to three online content creators who do journalistic work about how their work is both alike and different than mainstream journalism, how they engage with audiences and what traditional journalists can learn from them.

    Featuring:

    • V Spehar 
      “Under the Desk News” – Shorenstein Center spring ’25 fellow
    • Joss Fong 
      “Howtown”
    • Jessica Yellin
      “News Not Noise”
      Former CNN White House Correspondent
    • Julia Angwin (Moderator)
      Founder of “Proof News” and Walter Shorenstein Fellow
      Author of “The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators”

    In-person seats are open to anyone with a valid Harvard email address. Contact ckracunas@hks.harvard.edu if you are a member of the public who is interested in attending.

    Stream live at https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardIOP/streams.