Vineyard Gazette Celebration: MV Book Festival Summer Series
When:
Friday, Aug 06, 2021 6:00p -
8:00p
Friday, Aug 06, 2021 6:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Martha's Vineyard Museum
151 Lagoon Pond Rd
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
Admission:
$125
Categories:
Festivals & Fairs, History, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
http://www.mvbookfestival.com
Celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Vineyard Gazette, the forum features three renowned media and tech journalists examining the rise of Google and Facebook in news distribution, media disrupters, changing sources of financing, the role of politics and the decline in local publications. Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer, journalism professor, author; Cecilia Kang, NY Times Tech Reporter; and Andrew Marantz, New Yorker staff writer will discuss. Moderated by Don Baer, Chairman of the Board of PBS, former Worldwide Chair and CEO of Burson-Marsteller, and White House Communications Director for President Clinton. Reception with the authors to follow.
Ticket includes your choice of one signed book (signed by bookplate):
Jelani Cobb - The Essential Kerner Commission Report
Cecilia Kang - An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination or
Andrew Marantz - Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation,
and the reception. Open seating.
Tickets available through EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-summer-series-friday-evening-forum-gazette-175th-anniversary-tickets-163137148603?aff=ebdssbdestsearch