Water in a News Desert: The Reinvention of Local News

(Left to right) Event host Mark Curtis, a longtime news reporter and lead anchor at KPNX/12News; Mi-Ai Parrish, who leads Arizona State University’s Media Enterprise; and distinguished author and University of Wisconsin Madison professor emeritus Lewis Friedland join The Integrity Project September 27 for a special presentation, Water in a News Desert: The Reinvention of Local News.

Join KPNX 12News anchor and event moderator Mark Curtis, media executive and former publisher of The Arizona Republic Mi-Ai Parrish, and distinguished author and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus Lewis Friedland at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, for an important and thoughtful discussion of America's growing public information void – Water in a News Desert: The Reinvention of Local News.

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Mark Curtis - Moderator
Mark Curtis is a veteran journalist and anchor for 12News, where he co-anchors the 5, 6, and 10 o’clock newscasts alongside Caribe Devine. With more than two decades of experience at the station, Mark has become one of Arizona's most celebrated broadcasters. Over the course of his career, he has earned 13 Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and two Associated Press Awards for Best Anchor.

Mi-Ai Parrish
Mi-Ai Parrish leads Arizona State University Media Enterprise and is the Professor for Media Innovation and Leadership at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is president and CEO of MAP Strategies Group, based in Phoenix. She served as president and publisher of The Arizona Republic/AZCentral.com and market president at USA Today Network.

Lewis Friedland
Lewis A. Friedland is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Dept. of Sociology (affiliated) UW-Madison. He is Founding Co-PI Emeritus of the Center for Communication and Civil Renewal and lead author of Battleground: Asymmetric Communication Ecologies and the Erosion of Civil Society in Wisconsin (Cambridge: 2022).

EVENT INFO
Water in a News Desert - The Reinvention of Local News
Friday, Sept. 27, 2024
1 p.m. MST / 4 p.m. EST
Online only
The Integrity Project will e-mail a link to the presentation once available. Thank you.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT AND PARTICIPANTS

Water in a News Desert aired Friday, September 27. CLICK HERE to view a recording of the presentation in its entirety.