Breaking? Or broken?
With seismic forces at work radically and rapidly altering the shifting media ecosystem, how do we decipher what is happening in the world? How do we stay informed in this “news mirage” while critically assessing each BREAKING NEWS moment?
This year’s Buffalo Humanities Festival (Sept. 25-26), during the lead up to the mid-term election, will reflect on how we—as ordinary citizens in extraordinary times—can remediate the toxic news pipelines by embracing fact-based journalism, investigative reporting, and envisioning new forms for a 21st century independent press.
The Festival kicks off on Friday evening with award-winning journalist, social activist, author, and public intellectual Juan González (Democracy Now!), followed on Saturday with a full-day of talks, workshops, performances, and conversations celebrating the humanities and their vital role in the collective lives of our neighborhoods, cities, and our experiments in democracy. The Festival closing session will feature Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis.
Buffalo Humanities Festival 
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