Local reporters will be offering tips next week on how to wade through the misinformation and vitriol that infect politics to get to what really matters this election season.
The four-person panel of journalists will be at the Westminster campus of Front Range Community College on Tuesday, March 5.
“Learn How to Read the News This Election Year” is being sponsored by The Front Range student newspaper and Front Range’s School of Writing & Literature.
The event will be located at the Rocky Mountain Room and near the Westminster campus rotunda and starts at 11 a.m.
Interactive tables about information and voter literacy with student organizations and community partners will be available, according to a news release.
The one-hour panel discussion begins at noon. The reporters will offer tips on how to become better consumers of news about candidates and ballot issues, the news release states.
The panelists are:
- Bente Birkeland, Public Affairs Reporter, Colorado Public Radio News
- Stephanie Daniel, Senior Editor and Reporter, KUNC Radio for Northern Colorado
- Corey Hutchins, Co-director of Colorado College’s Journalism Institute
- Lucas Brady Woods, Statehouse Reporter, KUNC Radio for Northern Colorado