What was the area we now know as the London Borough of Camden like in 1924? How did newspapers cover our patch 100 years ago, and what information was reliable? What were the good things, and the bad things? What were the arts and culture like? And how does Dan Carrier of the Camden New Journal know about this picture he’s just painted? 

Having explained the research behind what he has described, Dan will talk about the role of newspapers as historic documents, the story of the CNJ since its formation in 1982 after the strike at the former Camden Journal in 1980-81, and what the CNJ's journalists do and how. It is important for journalists to remember they are primary sources, interpreting, like contemporary archaeologists. And they need support to record our world, and so protect and value the CNJ!

As the relentless robotic tide rises ever higher, humans are seen as units of expendable currency and economic value, which  means that the arts are attacked, then it’s the social sciences, and next up it's history. And that’s because journalists' role in a post-truth world of AI (artificial intelligence) is more important than ever!

Non-members welcome. This talk is preceded at 7pm by the Society's AGM (open to CHS members only)