How Nashville’s media landscape continues to shift and evolve
FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 2026 | 1:30–4:00 PM
Nashville’s media landscape is changing fast—new outlets, new platforms, new ways audiences find and trust information. What does that mean for the people covering our region and telling its stories? Likewise, how can communications professionals help to surface those stories? Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from and connect with the journalists, editors, and media professionals navigating these shifts firsthand, as we dig into what’s working, what’s at risk, and where the Nashville story goes from here.
1:30-4:00 p.m. at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center
Free parking!
Featured Conversation
Steve Cavendish is the president of Nashville Public Media, Inc., and editor of the Nashville Banner. A 30-year veteran of newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post, Steve returned to Nashville in 2011 and edited The City Paper, Washington City Paper and the Nashville Scene.
Ken Paulson is the director of the Free Speech Center and a professor in the Recording Industry department at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also dean emeritus of MTSU’s Scott Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment. Ken is a former editor-in-chief of USA Today and remains a columnist on the paper’s board of contributors, writing about media and First Amendment issues.
Media Expert Panel
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