Local Journalism, Global Challenge
Reliable news and information has never been more important to the civic, economic, and literal health of our communities. Yet in too many places across North America, serious coverage of local issues is scarce or non-existent due to the crisis afflicting journalism's traditional business models, a lack of innovation across media, and, in some cases, actual intimidation of those seeking to inform the public.
Join Future Tense and Convergence Lab to hear from a number of journalists seeking to remedy the erosion of our information ecosystems in the United States and Mexico by fostering innovation in local journalism.
Speakers:
Javier Garza Ramos, @jagarzaramos
Journalist
Founder, EnRe2Laguna
Selene San Felice, @SeleneSanFelice
Reporter, Axios Tampa Bay
Robert Moore, @BobMooreNews
President and CEO, El Paso Matters
Moderator:
Andrew Heyward, @andrewheyward
Senior Research Professor for TV News, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Former President, CBS News
Follow the conversation online using #LocalNews and by following @FutureTenseNow
Register: https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/1716140177916/WN_kIxZ6nxcRw2EMjioJzZIrg
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM
Location: Online
Is Your University Designed to Create a Better Future?
The global pandemic has amounted to a stress test of higher education, posing existential internal and external challenges to universities around the world. The internal challenge is about educating students, adapting rapidly to changing circumstances by deploying technology to offer high-quality instruction and conduct research in a number of different modalities. The external challenge revolves around a university’s broader responsibility to help its communities confront the pandemic and future problems. To meet these challenges, universities must be designed and redesigned for flexibility, inclusion, and accelerated innovation.
Join Future Tense and ASU’s Convergence Lab for a binational discussion of how Arizona State University and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, one of Latin America's most innovative universities, have been addressing the challenge of COVID-19. Presidents Michael Crow and David Garza will compare notes on the lessons of 2020, and explore how universities can continue adapting their design and innovating to create a better future for all.
Speakers:
Dr. Michael M. Crow, @michaelcrow
President, Arizona State University
Author of The Fifth Wave: The Evolution of American Higher Education
Dr. David Garza, @david_garza
President, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Register: https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/online-your-university-designed-create-better-future/
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Location: Online
La Movilidad Urbana del Futuro/ Urban Mobility of the Future
This year has changed the way we move about our cities and communities, and what that movement means. While the shift to remote working has emptied metro cars, buses and highways of many daily commuters, people without the privilege to stay home face increased risks through their continued use public transportation, thus illuminating the divide between those who can better protect their health and that of their families and those who cannot.
As cities roll out and begin to implement their reopening plans, we find ourselves at a crucial moment to examine and rethink the inequality blueprinted into the roads, tunnels, sidewalks and bus stops of urban areas like Mexico City and Phoenix.
Join a binational discussion to consider the future of mobility in a pandemic- and climate change-battered world. The event will be held in English.
Panelists:
Fátima Masse, project coordinator, Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad
Diana Bowman, professor, ASU School for the Future of Innovation and Society, associate dean for international engagement, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Ram Pendyala, director, ASU School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Register: https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d56W43RTTLSjsDOuhAk8uA
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 3:00 PM
Location: Online
In Life and on the Pitch, Thriving in 3 Leagues (En la Vida y en la Cancha, Triunfando en 3 Ligas)
Globally, women's football is booming, attracting a growing number of players, fans, and investors. Last year's World Cup in France was an international hit, and many countries are developing stronger domestic leagues. All this comes in the wake of a generation-long expansion of the sport at the youth level, with football playing a phenomenal role in the lives of millions of girls and women around the world, far beyond those who end up playing professionally.
Join us in a conversation with 3 remarkable stars of the game from 3 different leagues. The event will be in English with interpretation to Spanish.
Players:
Daniela Solís, Rayadas, Liga MX Femenil
Karen Bardsley, Manchester City, Football Association Women's Super League
Caprice Dydasco, Sky Blue FC, National Women's Soccer League
Moderator:
Victoria Jackson, sports historian, Arizona State University
RSVP: https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6jFrZUTxTWuHB0mnfYv4Kg
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM
Location: Online
Social Cohesion in a Time of Crisis/ La Cohesión Social en Tiempos de Crisis
Register: https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3sN_gP26TtGJV3sZ4sC_bA
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 3:00 PM
Location: Online
¿Qué hacer con la polarización desde el periodismo? Una conversación binacional
El escenario que enfrentamos es contradictorio. Ahora más que nunca, mientras afrontamos una pandemia, una crisis económica y una reconcepción total de nuestra normalidad, necesitamos periodismo riguroso, transparente y valiente. Por otro lado, la polarización política y la cultura tóxica de las redes sociales conspiran a desacreditar a todos los medios por igual.
¿Cómo podemos restaurar la confianza en el periodismo y la noción de narrativas compartidas e información objetiva? Únete a una conversación binacional sobre el futuro de los medios de comunicación en un mundo polarizado.
Panelistas:
Carlos Bravo Regidor
Profesor asociado y coordinador del Programa de Periodismo del CIDE, columnista en Reforma, Expansión, y Gatopardo
Andrés Martínez
Profesor de periodismo en la Walter Cronkite School of Journalism de ASU, director editorial de Future Tense, ex-miembro del consejo editorial del Los Angeles Times y el New York Times
Learn more: https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__N4acbiFTo67Qt_18xRjgQ
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM