{"id": "wed-trust-newsletters", "day": "Wednesday", "time": "1:30-2:45pm ET", "event_name": "Building local community trust through newsletters", "event_description": "How can newsletters be used to (re-)build trust in news by local communities and strengthen democratic community engagement? In this session, I would like to discuss the role of newsletters as anchors in new local media, as print subscriptions are dwindling and local papers folding. As a starting point, editorial newsletters written by authentic, trusted voices, can help us reconnect with local communities on a weekly, daily or monthly basis. Used as an engagement tool, it can make local media more interactive and community-driven, by giving readers a platform to discuss local issues. This in turn can strengthen democratic engagement on the neighborhood level and help make communities more resilient and informed.", "facilitators": "Judith Langowski, Mandy Hofmockel", "break": "", "everyone": "", "facilitators_twitter": "", "length": "75 minutes", "notepad": "", "room": "", "talk": "", "timeblock": "wed-130pm", "transcription": "", "event_dtstart": "2020-07-15T13:30:00", "event_dtend": "2020-07-15T14:45:00", "event_tzid": "America/New_York", "event_uid": "srccon-2020/wed-trust-newsletters"}