Roiland to give free lecture on role of news media in public life
The role of the news media in public life will be the focus of an April 12 lecture at the University of Maine by Josh Roiland, assistant professor of journalism.
The 7 p.m. lecture, “Keep Calm and Scroll On: Understanding the News Media’s Influence in Turbulent Times,” in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building is free and open to the public, and presented by UMaine Conferences and Institutes. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call 581.4091.
In his lecture, Roiland, who also teaches in UMaine’s Honors College, will examine the current media landscape, historical journalistic precedents, and the ways the public uses news.
Roiland teaches and writes about journalism and democracy, and literacy journalism. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Longreads, Nieman Storyboard and the journal Literary Journalism Studies.