Huntington Art Week Returns This March!

Artists and all who appreciate them are invited to get involved in Huntington ART WEEK, being held March 9-15 in Huntington Village. Please see huntingtonartweek.com for details.

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Fair Media Council: Public Broadcasting Was Dissolved – Why It Matters

While the 2026 news cycle ramped up quickly — ICE in Minneapolis, Venezuela, an upside-down food pyramid — the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s vote to dissolve probably slipped past you. Yet that quiet moment on Jan. 5 may prove to be one of the most consequential losses of our civic life.

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Fair Media Council: Applied Media Literacy in Action

People arrived with ideas for stories. Then, in front of the group, they stood up and pitched those ideas. For some, it meant getting out of their own way and over the fear of public speaking — a fear that looms ever larger in an era when people spend more hours talking to devices than to humans. And then the magic happens:

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Spotted: Jaci Clement Talks Journalism with Gregory Zeller of Innovate LI

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In reading a recent issue of “The Latest,” (which we encourage folks to read) we realized two entities we deeply appreciate just came together to talk about a mission they share: Quality journalism. Seems like an important thing to talk about, especially with folks as experienced as these guys, and especially now when too many folks on every side don’t seem to know who to believe or what journalistic standards actually are.

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Civic Education in Pockets & Purses

Since before I was born my mother has kept in her purse a copy of a booklet titled “American Legacy” put out by the Center for Civic Education that includes the Constitution and “other essential documents of American History.” It’s an idea fostered by my grandmother, a life long learner, both passionate about history and an English teacher by nature. This habit has become an almost symbolic practice: Taking the ideas our country is built on with you as you go, and not forgetting them in the way it’s so easy to do in the modern age.

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The Latest: “Saturated but Starving, Part III – Truth Under Siege”

We’re immersed in the Information Age, where truth should be our guidepost. Instead, it’s collateral damage. Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation—MDM—aren’t just floating around the edges of our society. They’re baked into our feeds, our platforms, our conversations. And they’re winning.

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