Media and Our Present Moment @ALOUDla

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As part of ALOUD’s Power and Value series, we welcome three journalists from the fields of newspaper, radio, and television to examine whose voices we can trust: the Los Angeles Times’ Sewell Chan, NPR’s Brooke Gladstone, and PBS NewsHour correspondent Yamiche Alcindor.

This program took place on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Sandra Cisneros: Sobre viviendo en Mexico

$ALOUD on Ideas: Where Does Democracy Go From Here? A panel discussion moderated by veteran journalist and author Todd Purdum, with guests Elaina Plott Calabro (The Atlantic), Adam Nagourney (The New York Times), and Brianna Tucker (The Washington Post). We’ve been questioning the state of our democracy for years. Where is this country going? Why is our nation so fractured? Please join us for a timely and important discussion with a group of seasoned journalists who have been covering the election for the The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Journalist and writer Todd Purdum will moderate this pressing conversation which is a must for those both curious and concerned about what is happening right now politically in our nation.$

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