Good News/Bad News: The Current (and Future) Media Landscape
A Civics Lab Conversation with Manu Raju and Tomás Dodds
Event Details
Date
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time
6-7:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Join us for an evening of lively discussion with Manu Raju, anchor of Inside Politics Sunday and CNN’s Chief Congressional Correspondent, and Tomás Dodds, Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication and Director of the Public Tech Media Lab at UW-Madison.
Raju will talk about his career path from UW-Madison to CNN and the day-to-day realities of covering Capitol Hill, reporting on Donald Trump, and preparing for the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.
Raju will talk about his career path from UW-Madison to CNN and the day-to-day realities of covering Capitol Hill, reporting on Donald Trump, and preparing for the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-4507 (voice only) or email krheingans@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.