Face the Facts: Leading Journalists Discuss #election2020, Misinformation, & the News | Student Reporting Labs

On October 6th, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, in partnership with the Poynter Institute’s MediaWise, hosted “Face the Facts: Election 2020 Youth Town Hall.” The virtual event was produced to engage students and first-time voters on how to be prepared and better informed ahead of the November elections. The livestream included different segments featuring young people that have been clipped for educators to use separately or all together to initiate conversations about civics, elections and the role of young voters in a democratic society. 

In this video, The town hall ended with a candid conversation with host Amna Nawaz, and special guests Savannah Sellers, Hari Sreenivasan, and Peter Hamby on their responsibilities of covering the election as leading journalists while answering live questions from the audience on fact checking and spotting misinformation.

Use the videos, discussion questions, and activities provided to learn how journalists are covering elections during the pandemic, and hear the advice they have for voters and news consumers.

Hosted by Amna Nawaz, senior national correspondent and primary substitute anchor for the PBS NewsHour. The event included special guests; Hari Sreenivasan, NewsHour senior correspondent and anchor for NewsHour Weekend, Savannah Sellers, NBC News and MSNBC correspondent and co-host of Stay Tuned, NBC’s twice-daily news show on Snapchat and Instagram, and Peter Hamby, host of Snapchat’s Good Luck, America.