The City As The City Desk

Successive generations of conglomeration, contraction, disruption and atomization have left serious gaps in local coverage everywhere in the news media. For Detroit and Los Angeles — media-rich centers with divergent but analogous local news deficits — the city itself is stepping into the breach, experimenting with “government journalists.”

This session is designed for

  • Anyone seeking to apply journalistic methodology and standards outside the newsroom
  • Newsrooms interested in understanding how city governments can buttress local coverage
  • Journalists trying to understand the role and effect of this new kind of “city desk”

    • Speakers

    Tracie Powell
    Senior Fellow, Democracy Fund
    @TMPowell • Visit Website

    Aaron Foley
    Chief Storyteller, City of Detroit Government
    @aaronkfoley • Visit Website

    Aparna Mukherjee
    FUSE Fellow, FUSE Corps, City of Los Angeles
    @aparnamuk • Visit Website

    Moderator

    Niala Boodhoo
    Host, Executive Producer, The 21st
    NialaBoodhoo • Visit Website

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