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X-WR-CALNAME:No News is Bad News: The Future of Local News in Rhode Island
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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DESCRIPTION:Local news is the lifeblood of democracy\, but the business mod
 el that has long sustained local news is under tremendous strain.  Please 
 join several of the state’s leading news people from TV\, print\, online
  and other media outlets for a half-day conference on the future of local 
 news. \n\nNo News is Bad News: The Future of Local News in RI\n\n9:00 AM t
 o 12:45 PM | Friday\, April 17\, 2026 \n\nThe Pell Center at Salve Regina 
 University\n\n(518 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI)\n\nSponsored by the Rho
 de Island News Collaborative\n\nThis half-day conference features two pane
 l discussions:\n\nFilling Coverage Gaps: Collaboration and the end of “T
 he Scoop”?Moderator: Bernardo H. Motta\, Communities of Hope Civic Media
 \, Roger Williams University\n\nLylah Alphonse\, Editor\, Globe RI \n\nJoa
 nna Detz\, Co-founder and Publisher\, ecoRI News\n\nElizabeth McNamara\, F
 ounder and Editor\, East Greenwich News\n\nG. Wayne Miller\, Founder and D
 irector\, Ocean State Stories\, Salve Regina University\n\nNancy Thomas\, 
 Founder and Publisher\, RINewsToday\n\nChallenges and Opportunities: What 
 News Media Looks Like NowModerator:  Jim Ludes\, Pell Center\, Salve Regin
 a University \n\nJoy Fox\, Publisher\, Beacon Media RI \n\nBill Bartholome
 w\, Independent ​​Journalist\, Media Producer\, Musician\, Bartholomew
 town Podcast\n\nEli Sherman\, Investigative Reporter\, WPRI\n\nDebbie Schi
 mberg\, Publisher and Founder\, Providence Eye \n\nLynne Sullivan\, Region
 al Executive Editor\, Providence Journal\n\nKeynote presentations will be 
 given by:\n\nElizabeth Hansen Shapiro\, Co-Founder and CEO\, National Trus
 t for Local NewsDavid Cicilline\, President and CEO\, Rhode Island Foundat
 ion. Press Forward RI \n\nThe Rhode Island News Collaborative (RINC) bring
 s together civic-minded\, independent local news organizations committed t
 o strengthening journalism across the state. Through collaboration rather 
 than competition\, RINC members work collectively to share stories and res
 ources\, support one another\, and expand access to credible local news.
GEO:41.467888;-71.305666
LOCATION:Young Building\, Ballroom
SUMMARY:No News is Bad News: The Future of Local News in Rhode Island
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.salve.edu/event/no-news-is-bad-news-the-future
 -of-local-news-in-rhode-island
CATEGORIES:Meetings and conferences
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