Democracy at Stake in 2024 Election? Excited to attend @TowCenter's NYC event tomorrow. Follow me for live tweets! Can't wait to meet all-star speakers, including @emilybell, @anelsona, @Sulliview, @jayrosen_nyu +++ Local news, dark money, religious right & disinformation
.@mitrakalita on reporting on elections in immigrant & local communities: The narrower nature of consumption can be helpful. URL Media has worked on tools to gather feedback from the 2022 midterms, Kalita says. ⬇️ “How do I vote? Logistics. Not discounting the 90 miles it can take someone to vote Why should I vote? Am I safe to vote?” Safety and logistics are very connected and important. -Kalita, who is CEO and co-founder of @url_media, speaking on panel at @TowCenter conference on Dark Money, Local News & #2024Elections. @andreawenzel @MoniqueCamarra #media #localnews 2x
The influence of money and partisanship in the #2024Election? “If you look at media through right wing radio networks and broadcast networks, they have a disproportionate influence” says @anelsona, author of “Shadow Network.” Nelson says voters & news organizations should: -Look at radio systematically. -Look at TikTok, which has become an influential news source for younger voters. -Monitor local news to broaden the perspective of what’s happening apart from news coverage on America’s two coasts. The state of media? “I propose a Marshall Plan” for the U.S. media industry, Nelson told the 80 to 100 journalists, students & academics attending @TowCenter’s conference on Dark Money, Local News & the 2024 Election at @columbiajourn. 3x
From @sulliview of @columbiajourn & columnist, @guardian: “More than two newspapers are going out of business every two weeks.” There’s also disruption at big papers, Sullivan says, pointing to new ownership of the @baltimoresun & the more than 100 reporters laid off at the @latimes. “Local news has an advantage in the media landscape of being relatively trusted. Its decline results in losing “common ground in politics,” she says. @emilybell of @TowCenter moderated the panel w/ @sulliview, @anelsona, @mitrakalita & @BrandyZadrozny. 4x @columbiajourn
.@jayrosen_nyu says he is very worried about the future of journalism & the 2024 election. Making journalism sustainable and having journalism with a point of view is nothing new, he says. “People in journalism have to take on the problem of sustainability even though they got into this to tell stories... The idea we can inform people is a kind of gem we have to keep polishing. The rich and powerful will always have access to information." -Rosen at @TowCenter's conference on Dark Money, Local News and the 2024 Election. #media 5x