Local Journalism is Crucial Now: What's BTS got to do with It?
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James Ford |
TEDxBeaconStreetSalon
• October 2018
At a time when news media have been called “the enemy of the people” by our country's leadership, journalism at the local level is as vital as ever.
An Emmy Award-winning reporter in the nation's largest media market draws on his journalistic experience, which has changed lives and achieved justice, to show why local television news is critical to democracy now, and how it can be even more relevant in the future.
Surprisingly, the K-Pop supergroup BTS offers insight into how and why local journalists and the public they serve need to be in greater communication in order to strengthen our democracy.