How covering the White House has changed in 2019.
Experienced journalists talk about how covering the White House has changed over the past few years.
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- Make a donation to the News Literacy Project, an organization empowering educators to teach students how to debunk "fake news" and be conscious media consumers.
- Visit the Institute of Nonprofit News webpage to find and subscribe to your local non-profit news organizations.
- Attend an event at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics to continue the dialogue about the relationship between politics and media.
- Prevent special interests from bleeding into your news source; donate to ProPublica to support the vitality of nonprofit, nonpartisan news in Chicago.
- Support City Bureau, a South Side nonprofit news source, as they reimagine local journalism; become a member of their Press Club.
Conversation
Idea: Do journalists inform in the age of misinformation?
A Conversation about covering the White House in 2019.
To cover the White House is to work in a near constant state of flux. In the age of fake news, misinformation, and perpetual spin, bringing the news from the People’s House has become a challenge like never before. In this Conversation, we’ll hear from veteran experts in the field who will share the inside scoop and tease apart the balancing act of reporting from the White House.