CORNWALL, Conn.—The Cornwall Library will present “Confused by the News? Three Journalists Sort through the Noise” Saturday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m.
The presentation at the library, located at 30 Pine St., will be followed by a Q & A.
What’s real and what’s fake? What is the truth? How is technology changing the equation? Journalists Kurt Andersen, Charlotte Howard and Joel Simon will discuss the state of the news industry and provide practical guidance on how people across the political spectrum who want to be informed and engaged can stay up to speed.
Andersen is the author of the recent New York Times bestsellers “Evil Geniuses” and “Fantasyland,” as well as the bestselling novels “You Can’t Spell America Without Me,” “True Believers,” “Heyday” and “Turn of the Century.” Recently he co-created the satirical streaming series “Command Z” with Stephen Soderbergh, and co-produced and hosted the podcast “Nixon at War.”
He is a regular contributor to the New York Times and The Atlantic. Previously he was host of the public radio show Studio 360, a columnist for the New Yorker, editor in chief of New York, and co-founder of Spy magazine.
Howard is The Economist’s executive editor, New York bureau chief and co-host of the “Checks and Balance” podcast. In prior roles at The Economist, she covered American business, the energy sector and climate policy, health care and America’s Midwest.
Simon is founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and the former executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. He is author of four books and writes on media issues for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Columbia Journalism Review.
Advance registration is required.