Center for Ethics in Journalism Hosts Forum, 'Forget Fake: How to Get to Real News'

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Top from left: Paul Farhi of The Washington Post; Steven Holmes of CNN; Indira Lakshmanan of the Poynter Institute; and Alicia "Lisa" Shepard, visiting distinguished professor.

National journalists will gather at University of Arkansas' J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences tomorrow to talk about why news matters more than ever at the annual Center for Ethics in Journalism and School of Journalism and Strategic Media forum.

The event, "Forget Fake: How To Get To Real News," is free and open to the public from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 in the Donald W. Reynolds Center on the University of Arkansas campus. Refreshments will be served during check-in and there will be a sign-in sheet for students attending.

"Forget Fake: How To Get To Real News" will feature a panel of top-notch journalists, including:

• Washington Post media writer Paul Farhi;
• CNN standards and practices executive director Steven Holmes;
• Poynter Institute ethics chair Indira Lakshmanan; and
• 2017 visiting distinguished professor and USA Today contributor Alicia "Lisa" Shepard, who will also moderate.

"In today's media environment, everyone must use the same skills journalists use to ferret out out fake from fact," Shepard said. "Regardless of title, we are all creators, editors and publishers in the online world. It's our ethical responsibility to not share information we haven't checked out and to be conscientious news consumers. Always ask the question: 'how do you know that?'"