How Is the News Really Made?

March 23 • 11:00 AM
New York City Campus
(Library) & Virtual

Why is media literacy important today?

A Journalism and Media Literacy Seminar with NPR's Tony Cavin and George Bodarky

In a world of breaking news alerts and nonstop information, how do journalists balance speed with accuracy? How does media bias shape what we see—and what we believe? This Berkeley College Media Event will look at how news is produced in New York City (NYC) and take you behind the scenes of journalism.

Why attend this Berkeley College Journalism Seminar?

This event offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from working journalists about the challenges and responsibilities of their profession—and to sharpen your own media literacy and critical thinking skills.

What topics will the event explore?

The dynamic discussion will cover:

• The realities of reporting today
• The impact of media bias
• Fact checking in the digital age
• Responsibility and ethics in modern journalism

What should I expect?

You’ll engage with media experts from the frontline journalism. Be ready to think critically and ask questions for a powerful experiential learning event.

Meet the NPR Journalists

Presenters

Tony Cavin

Cavin, NPR's Managing Editor for Standards and Practices, is a lifelong journalist who has spent over 20 years at CBS News and Reuters prior to joining NPR. During his distinguished career, he has worked on an extraordinary array of major national and foreign stories from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina to presidential campaigns and summits, to international crises such as the 1997 hostage crises in the Japanese Embassy in Peru. Tony states the following about his role at NPR: "Standards are what distinguishes a serious news organization and makes it stand out from the ever-louder din of competing voices on the internet. Standards are how we maintain the trust of our audience and trust is something we cannot afford to squander."

George Bodarky

Bodarky is a reporter trainer on the NPR Training team. Before joining NPR, he served as the Community Partnerships & Training Editor at WNYC, where he built a comprehensive newsroom training program and coached scores of reporters, hosts, editors, and producers on voicing, writing, sourcing, interviewing, and sound gathering. Bodarky spent more than two decades overseeing and producing news and public affairs programming at WFUV-FM, an NPR affiliate based at Fordham University in the Bronx. In addition to his newsroom work, Bodarky is a seasoned educator. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at Fordham University and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and has previously taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Event Details

Registration

In-Person Location

Virtual Attendance

This event will also be streamed live via Zoom. A Zoom access link will be sent after registration.