The Rebirth of Local News

The Rebirth of Local News

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Creative Santa Fe, in partnership with Solutions Journalism Network and Searchlight New Mexico, will host a public dialogue exploring the state of local news media in New Mexico. Dramatic shifts in journalism’s traditional business model have challenged journalists to rethink the way they cover critical issues, and how they stay relevant to today’s audiences–while still maintaining integrity and ethics.  This event will highlight the work of journalists and news organizations who are engaging with local audiences to create trust and provide news that people can use to effect change in their communities. In examining how journalists respond to a changing media industry, this dialogue will ask: What can journalists learn from artists in how they conceptualize, gather and disseminate the news?  Artists often serve the role of community reporters–recording and commenting on important local issues. From slam poetry, to muralism, to music and film, art is a powerful medium of social documentation that illuminates new and disruptive ways to communicate today’s news. Bringing together journalists, media makers, and artists, The Rebirth of Local News will explore opportunities for collaboration and community engagement in defining the future of news media in New Mexico.

Hakim Bellamy, the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Albuquerque, will lead off this event with a poetry performance that weaves together art and journalism in the search for truth and trust building.  Noted speakers include journalists Antonia Gonzales, of National Native News, Ed Williams, of Searchlight New Mexico, and Rebecca Moss, of the Santa Fe New Mexican.  Audience members will be invited to participate in World Café conversations with artists and leading journalists in the field to take a deep dive into this timely dialogue about local news media today.

The event will also be livestreamed and recorded on Creative Santa Fe's social media platforms. For questions or feedback please contact info@creativesantafe.org.

* For accessibility and childcare inquiries please contact us at least five days prior to the event date so we may accommodate your request. The event will be live streamed on the Creative Santa Fe Facebook channel, and a recording of the event with closed captions in English and in Spanish will be publicly distributed after the event. Food and beverages will be provided during the event.

For event details visit: https://creativesantafe.org/events/the-rebirth-of-local-news/