Lawless and Fenton on GoLocal LIVE: Trump-Biden Debate Preview and Analysis
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Lawless and Fenton on GoLocal LIVE: Trump-Biden Debate Preview and Analysis

Jennifer Lawless, the chair of the political science department at the University of Virginia, and GoLocalProv CEO and co-founder Josh Fenton will preview the highly anticipated event on Thursday at 11 AM on GoLocal LIVE.
On Friday at 11 AM, Lawless and Fenton will return to break down the debate, discuss what was said, and comment on how the outcome of the debate will impact the Presidential race.
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Lawless and Fenton
Lawless’ research focuses on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics. She is the author or co-author of eight books, including News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement (with Danny Hayes) and It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (with Richard L. Fox).
Her research, which has been supported by the National Science Foundation, has appeared in numerous academic journals, and is regularly cited in the popular press. She is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Political Science and the recipient of the 2023 Shorenstein Center’s Goldsmith Book Prize (for the academic book that examines the intersection among media, politics, and public policy). Jen graduated from Union College with a B.A. in political science, and Stanford University with an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science.
In 2006, she sought the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rhode Island’s second congressional district.
Fenton launched GoLocal in 2010 and has helped to build the media company into a primary source of news in Rhode Island. The site is visited more than 1.2 million times a month.
Prior to that, he was the head of a leading public relations firm. He worked in government on the staff of two U.S. Senators and three governors and served on the Providence City Council.
