Communicators plan to host education media virtual panel on Thursday, July 22 at Noon

A panel plans to examine the evolution of the media and education landscapes over the last year and the challenges and opportunities it has created during a virtual “Lunch and Learn” session hosted by the National Press Club's Communicators Team on Thursday, July 22 at noon. 

Registration is free for all Club members. NPC members must be logged into their online account to access the complimentary admission. Non-member guests may attend this online program for a $15 registration fee, with proceeds going to the Club’s Help The Heroes program, which provides freshly made to-go meals to front-line healthcare workers serving communities of color that are often the most impacted by COVID-19. Click here to register.

The panel is expected to include Chastity Pratt, education bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal, Caroline Hendrie, executive director of the Education Writers Association, and Delece Smith-Barrow, education editor at POLITICO, and moderated by former journalist and NPC Board member Debra Silimeo, the president of The Silimeo Group. 

During the session, the panelists plan to review coverage of trending topics such as safely returning students to classrooms after the pandemic, school board politics and critical race theory. They’ll also look at the state of the education beat, including what’s changed in the newsroom and what they’re looking for from sources. 

The facilitated discussion is to be followed by a question-and-answer session with attendees.