Declining Local Journalism & the Risk to Democracy

4535 Commerce Street,Virginia Beach VA 23462

08 February, 2023

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The Hampton Roads Community Foundation invites you to join us for this event sponsored by the Foundation in partnership with WHRO. Continental breakfast included. The event is free but registration is required. You'll hear from these experts: KEY SPEAKER Penny Muse Abernathy, visiting professor at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and author of News Deserts and Ghost Newspapers: Will Local News Survive? PANELISTS Denise M. Watson, Features Editor, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press Mechelle Hankerson, News Director at WHRO Public Media Adam Chase, Vice President and General Manager, WTKR, Norfolk MODERATOR R. Bruce Bradley, former President of Landmark Publishing Group and former Publisher of The Virginian-Pilot