Louis Freedberg, senior reporter and co-founder of California Watch at the Center for Investigative Reporting, will join Dave Beers, sessional instructor at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism and editor of The Tyee, in a conversation titled “New Ways of Educating the Public about Education.”
Freedberg will address: What can educators do to matter more in the public conversation mediated by journalists? Can non-profit internet media fill the void left by hollowing out of corporate media content? What lessons from California might apply in BC, whose schools also face struggles over resources and serve a diverse student population? Is digital media improving or harming public engagement in politics and policy?
California Watch, a new arm of the Centre for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, is a non-profit that creates in-depth coverage and shares it to be published by multi-ethnic media around the state. Freedberg created Youth News in Oakland, California, covered the revolution in South Africa, and worked as a lead reporter and editorial writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Date: March 16
Time: 5 – 7 p.m.
Place: Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Dr
Info: Dr. Michelle Stack, Dept. of Educational Studies, 604-822-9101, michelle.stack@ubc.ca
