# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Panel: What Media Literacy, Authenticity and Gatekeeping Mean Now
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: This interactive panel of topic experts will address what is needed to ensure communities receive news they trust.About this EventWhat Media Literary, Authenticity and Gatekeeping Mean NowDespite extraordinary challenges, independent local newsrooms continue to play a vital role as watchdogs focused on preserving our democracy. This interactive community conversation will include a moderated panel with reporters and researchers followed by audience participation at table conversations to address: what is needed to ensure our communities receive news they trust on the issues important to them.Hosted by Colorado Mesa University Department of Languages, Literature and Mass Communications and University of Colorado Boulder Department of Journalism, with partner support from Colorado Public Radio, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Restore the Balance, University of Colorado Boulder Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship and Western Colorado Journalism Foundation.PanelistsHolly Oberle, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado Mesa UniversityJulia Wildman, Editor-in-Chief, The CriterionPat Ferrucci, Professor (Journalism), University of Colorado BoulderStina Sieg, Western Slope Reporter, Colorado Public RadioModerated by: Chuck Plunkett, Assistant Teaching Professor (Journalism), University of Colorado BoulderConvened by: Laurena Davis, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Colorado Mesa University
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-junction/panel-what-media-literacy-authenticity-and-gatekeeping-mean-now/100001997877077119
- **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Nonprofit, science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  - Location: Meyer Ballroom
  - Languages: English

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Junction
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Meyer Ballroom
- **lat**: 39.08054360000001
- **long**: -108.5533498
- **full address**: Meyer Ballroom, 1455 North 12th Street, Grand Junction, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Panel: What Media Literacy, Authenticity and Gatekeeping Mean Now being held?
  - **A:** Panel: What Media Literacy, Authenticity and Gatekeeping Mean Now takes place on Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Meyer Ballroom, 1455 North 12th Street, Grand Junction, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Panel: What Media Literacy, Authenticity and Gatekeeping Mean Now?
  - **A:** Panel: What Media Literacy, Authenticity and Gatekeeping Mean Now is organized by Colorado Mesa University, University of Colorado Boulder.

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