Midterm Mania: Panel & Party
Hosted by Newsreel Live + Morris Katz + Batya Ungar Sargon + Astead Herndon + Chi Ossé + Kenneth + Jack Brewster
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What to look forward to
Newsreel’s Midterm Mania will pair election-focused conversations with a no-phones party, featuring New York City Council Member Chi Ossé, Vox journalist Astead Herndon, political strategist Morris Katz, and NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon. The program will cover local politics, AI data centers, and who leads the Democratic Party before the DJ takes over.
Inside the event
Newsreel is hosting "Midterm Mania" five days before this year's midterm election. The event will feature programming about this year's election with New York City Council Member Chi Ossé, Vox's Astead Herndon, Morris Katz, the political strategist behind Zohran Mamdani's rise, NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon, Data & Society's Maia Woluchem, the Center for Organizing's Hilary Flint, and TechCrunch's Dominic-Madori Davis, plus several other guests TBA. Then, we'll ditch the mics for a party.
Opening conversation: Kenneth Schlenker, founder of Opal, with Jack Brewster on the state of attention
We have one rule for this event: NO PHONES.
Phone-free experience powered by Opal.
Midterm forecast by Baraza.
Startup partner: HubSpot for Startups.
Community partner: NoSo Connection Collective.
Recap powered by Momently.
Newsreel is a new media company building a healthier alternative to the feed, backed by the American Public Media Group.
See you there!
Schedule
6:30: Doors (arrival, welcome drink, phones away)
7:00: Opening conversation: Kenneth Schlenker of Opal and Jack Brewster
7:10: In conversation with Chi Ossé
7:45: The Data Center Next Door: AI, data centers, and your electric bill, with Maia Woluchem of Data & Society and Hilary Flint of the Center for Organizing, moderated by Dominic-Madori Davis of TechCrunch
8:05: The midterm forecast, with Aryan Ranjan of Baraza
8:10: Blue on Blue: who runs the Democratic Party now, with Astead Herndon, Morris Katz and Batya Ungar-Sargon
8:40: DJ + party
12:00: Last call
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