Library to host media discussion

Thompson Falls Public Library will host the Montana Conversations program “What Happened to the News?” with Dennis Swibold on Thursday, Feb. 28. The program will be at the library at 7 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public.

This program is part of the “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” Initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. The initiative seeks to deepen the public’s knowledge and appreciation of the vital connections between democracy, the humanities, journalism, and an informed citizenry.

Professor Dennis Swibold will guide the audience through the revolutionary changes facing today’s fast-paced news media. Never has so much news been available; the trick is knowing how to find it and how to judge its credibility. Swibold will point to tools and techniques for staying well-informed amid today’s virtual blizzard of information.

Swibold, of Missoula, is a professor and director at the University of Montana’s School of Journalism, where he has taught for 27 years. A former newspaper journalist in Montana and Arizona, he is the author of Copper Chorus: Mining, Politics and the Montana Press, 1889-1959.

For more information, call Thompson Falls Public Library at (406) 827-3547.