Fort Worth Opera Symposium in partnership with The Sixth Floor Museum: Covering Tragedy: Journalism In A Changing World

The Fort Worth Opera Festival presented the world premiere of the opera JFK in April 2016.  A special symposia, presented in partnership with The Sixth Floor Museum, explored different topics related to President Kennedy’s administration. Covering Tragedy: Journalism in a Changing World was presented in partnership with North Texas public broadcast KERA and explored the evolution of media coverage of tragedy over the past 50 years, from a time when daily newspapers were dominant to today’s 24/7 breaking news cycle. Led by Krys Boyd, Host of KERA’s THINK, the panel included John McCaa, Anchor, WFAA-TV; Wade Goodwyn, National Desk Correspondent – NPR; and Seema Yasmin, Staff Writer – The Dallas Morning News and Professor in Practice – UT Dallas. View this program on YouTube.