Annual Meeting
jue 20 de jun
|Wamsutta Club
Guest speaker Dr. Daniela Melo, a lecturer at Boston University Department of Social Sciences and Co-founder and Chair of the Board of The New Bedford Light
Horario y ubicación
20 jun 2024, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Wamsutta Club, 427 County St, New Bedford, MA 02740, USA
Invitados
Acerca del evento
Dr. Daniela Melo, a lecturer at Boston University Department of Social Sciences and Co-founder and Chair of the Board of The New Bedford Light, is the keynote speaker at the League of Women Voters SouthCoast Annual Meeting at the Wamsutta Club in New Bedford on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
Three years ago, at the launching of The New Bedford Light, Dr. Melo and its founders had little evidence that this new model for local news could work. But what the founders did know was that the progressive disinvestment in The Standard-Times had left the city without investigative reporting. As a microcosm of nationwide trends, New Bedford was experiencing polarization, low voter turnout, and increased misinformation. In her presentation, Dr. Melo will focus on the causes and potential solutions to these negative trends and whether new local media models can transform them.
Dr. Melo received her Ph.D. in…