News Literacy Week: Political Coverage Town Hall with Mike Dennison
By: John Riley
and last updated 2021-01-29 10:12:15-05
HELENA â The Montana Television Network (MTN) and our parent company the E.W. Scripps Company has partnered with the News Literacy Project for National News Literacy Week.
Coinciding with the 67th Session of the Montana Legislature, MTN hosted a town hall discussion with Chief Political Reporter Mike Dennison and Montana Politics students at Carroll College. The goal of the discussion was to answer questions from students and have a conversation with them about their thoughts on political coverage, covering state government and ethical, fact-based journalism.
Sally Mauk and Gwen Florio, hosts of Parsing The Press
The debate over social media s influence and responsibilities has intensified in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol. How can journalism compete with the misinformation disseminated on social media?
Journalists Sally Mauk and Gwen Florio, along with special guest
New York Times columnist Charlie Warzel discuss this and more in this episode of Parsing the Press.
Sally Mauk We have a special guest today. And I want to welcome Charlie Warzel, a columnist for
The New York Times who lives here in Missoula. And Charlie, you ve described yourself as a reluctant chronicler of our poisoned information ecosystem. And social media is a huge part of that poisoned ecosystem and has led us to where we are now. And social media is now trying to stem the tide it fostered. Is it too little, too late?
Enter your number to get our free mobile app
I wanted to talk about the legendary Charley Pride and his Montana roots on Monday s show. I knew he was the first black entertainer honored in the Country Music Hall of Fame. I knew he had some great Montana connections. I knew Kiss an Angel Good Mornin is one of my favorite country songs. But I also knew that I couldn t do a proper tribute to Charley Pride and all the reasons why he was considered an honorary Montana.
So I waited till Tuesday, and we brought in somebody who knows country music, and whose family got to know Charley Pride very well. Mark Wilson (one of the Breakfast Flakes from Cat Country in Billings) came in on his vacation day and joined us on our statewide radio show, Montana Talks. Wilson has not only spent nearly 40 years in radio himself but his dad Dave Wilson goes way back in country music radio in Great Falls, Montana.
No Capitol Christmas Tree, Bullock Admin Blames COVID catcountry1029.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catcountry1029.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.