Join journalist and media executive Andy Lack and UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications Director Kathleen Bartzen Culver for a timely conversation on journalism’s essential role in sustaining democracy from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison campus.
Drawing on Lack’s decades-long career at the highest levels of American media – including serving as Chairman and CEO of NBC News – the free event discussion will explore why the “Fourth Estate” remains as vital as ever in holding truth to power and how it impacts civil discourse.
Presented as part of the Wisconsin Exchange: Pluralism in Practice, this event invites students, faculty and members of the campus and broader community to explore how strong, independent journalism is a critical pillar of pluralism and civic engagement.
Lack will discuss his Emmy-nominated PBS series, Breaking the Deadlock, which convenes voices from across the public sphere to confront real-world challenges and model constructive, civil dialogue. The conversation will also highlight Lack’s more recent work founding the nonprofit newsroom Mississippi Today, which won a Pulitzer Prize just a few years after its launch and has since expanded into Deep South Today, bringing rigorous reporting to some of the nation’s most challenging news deserts. Learn more and register here.
