The Role of the Media in Upholding Democracy

In this episode, David and Delnaz speak with NENPA Award-Winning Journalist, Ella Niederhelman about the importance of supporting local news outlets and providing Gen-Z representation in the media in order to expand the reach of unbiased and reliable news. The group also discusses the implications of using social media as a source for news and the best ways to identify misinformation and clickbait. 

Learn more about the ways to identify and reduce the prevalence of misinformation from https://dykwyk.wordpress.com/. 

Currently the US loses an average of two local papers every week and by 2025, the US will likely have just a third of the local papers that were operating in 2005 according to PBS Newshour. Support unbiased independent local journalism at the Ipswich Local News and Report for America with the links below. 

Ipswich Local News: https://thelocalnews.news/donate/ 

Report for America: https://www.reportforamerica.org/?campaign=551612