May 19 | Why everything you thought you knew about news is wrong

Thursday, May 19, 7:30 pm  |  Dialogue leaders: Whitney Evans & Ginny Romney

Mark & Elizabeth England's home at 1194 South 500 East in Salt Lake City.

Discussion:

DeseretNews.com web producer Whitney Evans and web editor/content manager Ginny Romney are budding web journalists working from a combined newsroom. They will lead a discussion on what media creators face while trying to integrate old and new news styles, and the factors that drive their day-to-day decisions: speed vs. accuracy, article performance, space online, and article curation. They will also talk about how to be a responsible and informed news consumer. 

About Whitney Evans:

Web editor for @DeseretNews.

Religion and feature reporter.
#Runner. #Triathlete. Adventurer. Calligrapher. #Mormon

About Ginny Romney:
Compulsive talker, singer, writer, reader. SUU graduate, Arizona native.@DeseretNews web team member. Aspiring political aficionado. Dabbler in many nerdoms!

Lot's of good stuff to explore:Be aware of the news you consume leading up to this meeting. Do you get your news from Twitter? Facebook? A friend's feed? Do you jump from article to article within a site or click away from a site once you're there? If you stay on a site, what made you stay? Pay attention to the elements that attracted you to the article: was it the headline? The photo? Both? What kept you reading or why did you jump away? Also, check out some of the home pages of different news sites.

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