Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting on The Importance of Journalism in the Digital Age at UCLA

Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Orange County) and members of the California State Senate’s Judiciary Committee will host an informational hearing next week on the subject of journalism in the digital age.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2023

WHAT:

 Senate Judiciary Committee Informational Hearing: The Importance of

Journalism in the Digital Age

WHO:

Senator Thomas J. Umberg, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee

Chris Argentieri, President and COO, Los Angeles Times

Regina Brown Wilson, Executive Director, California Black Media

Arturo Carmona, President, Latino Media Collaborative

Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, Publisher, San Fernando Valley Sun

Adam Gillitt, Publisher, Alameda Post

Richard Gingras, Vice President of News, Google, Inc.

Michael Karanicolas, Executive Director, Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, UCLA

Thorin Klosowski, Security and Privacy Activist, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Lance Knobel, CEO and Founder, Cityside Journalism Initiative

Brandon Kressin, Partner, Kressin Meador LLC

Jonathan McHale, Vice President of Digital Trade, Computer & Communications Industry Association

Taylor Owen, Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications, and founding Director of The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, McGill University

Matt Pearce, President, Media Guild of the West, The NewsGuild CWA Local 39213

Courtney C. Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty

Christa Scharfenberg, Project Director, California Local News Fellowship Program

Hal Singer, Managing Director, Econ One; Professor, University of Utah; Director, Utah Project

WHEN:

Tuesday, December 5th | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:

UCLA School of Law |  Room 1310

 385 Charles E Young Dr. E, Los Angeles, CA 90095

STREAMING: https://www.senate.ca.gov/calendar

The rise of digital news over the past 40 years has had an incredible impact on the proliferation of information for the American public – with both positive and troublesome ramifications.  This hearing will examine the confluence of technology and journalism, the state of reporting in today’s climate, the influx of artificial intelligence (AI), and measures being taken globally to maintain integrity within the industry.