Hampton Roads Community Foundation hosts journalism panel

Mark your calendar for a free, in-person breakfast panel event titled “Declining Local Journalism & the Risk to Democracy” on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

The program, organized by the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, will begin at 7:30 a.m. Panelists include WHRO news director Mechelle Hankerson, who is also the SPJVA board secretary. Here are the details and how to register.

Published by Jeff South

For more than 40 years, I have worked in journalism – first as a newspaper reporter and editor and then as a teacher preparing the next generation of news professionals. As both a journalist and a journalism educator, I have carved out a specialty in using technology to find, report and tell powerful news stories. As a Fulbright scholar and newsroom trainer, I have worked with journalism students and practitioners in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America and across the United States.