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DTSTART:20200108T210000Z
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URL:https://witherlelibrary.net/events/journalism-truth-and-healthy-commun
 ities/
SUMMARY:Local Journalism and How Its Presence is Vital to Healthy Communiti
 es
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Judith Meyer\, Executive Editor for Sun Media Grou
 p\, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.\n\nHealthy people\, healthy bus
 inesses\, healthy governments — healthy communities — are all best inf
 ormed and engaged by independent community journalists who examine school 
 budgets\, expose scandals\, question practices and politics\, scrutinize e
 nvironmental practices\, who champion good and who dare to challenge fear 
 and falsehoods.\n\nThe work done in our newsrooms enhances community life\
 , it exposes mental and social health care problems and brings solutions f
 orward\, it relentlessly exposes overspending in our governments\, and hig
 hlights the people who live and work all around us.  Communities are heal
 thier\, more engaged\, more resilient and better able to thrive when infor
 med by truth.\n\nThese talks are presented in conjunction with the Camden 
 Conference\, and are brought to the community through a partnership betwee
 n the Maine Humanities Council\, Margaret Chase Smith Foundation\, and the
  library.
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