# Event Details

- **Event Name**: News in a New Era: Connecting, Communicating, and Caring in the Modern Media World
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 11:30 am – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Networking: 11:30
Lunch program: noon - 1:00 pm. 

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving media environment, journalists face new challenges in how they connect with and inform their audiences. Veteran NewsChannel 20 anchors Dawn Sterling and Stacey Skrysak share their perspectives on navigating the pressures of today’s, balancing immediacy with accuracy, compassion with objectivity, and technology with human connection. 

They will explore how television journalists adapt to changing platforms, audience expectations, and newsroom dynamics, while maintaining trust and credibility. The discussion will also address how reporters manage emotionally charged stories—such as tragedies and community crises—allowing empathy and sensitivity to guide their storytelling without compromising fairness or professionalism. 

Through candid conversation and personal experiences, Dawn and Stacey will offer insight into what it means to tell meaningful stories in a time when connection,…
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/news-in-a-new-era-connecting-communicating-and-caring-in-the-modern-media-world/200029325205711
- **Event Categories**: storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 18

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.midilcommunications.org/events-1/mica-event-news-in-a-new-era-connecting-communicating-and-caring-in-the-modern-media-world?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=springfield-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Springfield
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Horace Mann Plz, Springfield, IL 62701, United States
- **lat**: 39.80218
- **long**: -89.64358
- **full address**: Horace Mann Plz, Springfield, IL 62701, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Mid-Illinois Communications Association (https://allevents.in/org/mid-illinois-communications-association/21193520)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 11:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Horace Mann Plz, Springfield, IL 62701, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mid-Illinois Communications Association
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about News in a New Era: Connecting, Communicating, and Caring in the Modern Media World ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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