Conference subjects might be headline issues like environmental risk, the economics of welfare, immigration and international trade, the conflicting demands of land use policy, or issues surrounding genetically modified foods or human organ transplants. Always the objective is to help journalists learn to analyze the underlying issues in the news. Restricted to 40 or fewer journalists in most instances. Focused on the academic disciplines underlying topical issues. Designed to encourage interaction between journalists and the experts who serve as faculty.
Attendance is limited to working journalists.
FACS also presents media education workshops for news sources, tailored to business, nonprofits or academic institutions. Designed to explain the news-gathering process, what makes news and how to work with journalists. An opportunity to question a panel of journalists about how they make news decisions. Compatible with live conference programming. FACS also presents forums and special sections on vital issues and commissions national opinion polls on questions important to journalism.