Media analyst and co-host of WNYC’s On the Media, Brooke Gladstone, will be the guest speaker on Mon., Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church for the Community Forum Distinguished Speaker Series. This is a free event, and reservations are not necessary.

Gladstone’s presentation will include material from her recent book, “The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time.”

As described on Amazon, “On her public radio show, On the Media, award-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone analyzes the media and how it shapes our perceptions of the world. Now, from her front-row perch on the day’s events, Gladstone brings her genius for making insightful, unexpected connections to help us understand what she calls ‑ and what so many of us can acknowledge having ‑ ‘trouble with reality.’“

Gladstone began her career at NPR as host of All Things Considered and later as a Moscow reporter. In 2000, she was hired by WNYC to re-launch this nationally distributed program, On the Media. Under her leadership, the New York public radio program quadrupled its audience, and she received the Peabody Award for Excellence as well as other major journalistic recognition.  Gladstone is a contributor to The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Observer and a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and conferences.

The Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Community Forum Distinguished Speaker Series began 1997. The forums are made possible by the Anna and Herbert H. Middleton, Sr. Fund of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Foundation and are offered as a service to the community at large. Committee members include Chair Nancy Ameen, Richard Allman, Elinor Ball, Anna May Charrington, Peter Craig, Louisa Mygatt, the Rev. Dr. Agnes Norfleet, Sheila Rorer and Monica Devane.

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church is located at 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr. For more information, visit www.bmpc.org or call 610-525-2821.