Accomplished local journalists will kick off the Civic Engagement 101 event series at the Lawrence Public Library with a panel on Thursday on disinformation and trust in the news.
“Deep fakes and use of AI are becoming more commonplace as a way to spread misinformation and disinformation,” according to the library’s event page. “Explore how this impacts our trust in the news and the outcome of political elections.”
Panelists for the first event in the series include the following:
• Patricia Weems Gaston, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former editor at the Washington Post;
• Hyunjin Seo, Oscar Stauffer professor and associate dean for research and faculty development at KU’s William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications;
• Gerri Berendzen, a former editor with more than 30 years of experience in newspapers and a current lecturer at KU’s J-School;
• Sherman Smith, editor in chief of the Kansas Reflector and two-time Kansas Press Association journalist of the year.
Brad Allen, executive director of the library, will moderate the discussion.
The panel, “Civic Engagement 101: Misinformation & Disinformation in the Media,” is set for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 in the library auditorium, 707 Vermont St.
Several additional Civic Engagement series events, including candidate forums, are coming up this fall. See more details at this link; here’s a list of times, dates and topics:
• 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15: Candidate forums for Kansas state Senate and Douglas County Commission
• 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26: Renewable energy in Douglas County and Kansas
• 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3: City of Lawrence Ballot Resolution 7442
• 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6: Candidate forums for Kansas State Board of Education and Douglas County district attorney
• 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17: Reproductive rights
• 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13: Should the electoral college be abolished?
Kansas Public Radio sponsors the event series, which is in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County. Recordings of each event in the series will be uploaded to the library’s YouTube page following each event.
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