LEWISTON — Three experienced journalists will offer a discussion titled “The Role of Journalism in a Democracy” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in Bates College’s Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.

The public is invited to attend the event free of charge. The panel will conclude this fall’s Civic Forum series at Bates, presented by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the Bates office that coordinates projects linking the college and community.

The panelists will be Rex Rhoades, executive editor of the Sun Journal; Thomas Fiedler, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication and former executive editor of The Miami Herald; and Justin Ellis, former columnist, staff writer and multimedia producer for the Portland Press Herald, and now on staff at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University.

Topics will include the role of journalism in holding government accountable, challenges journalists face today in carrying out that role, who should be the arbiter of journalistic standards and the impact of the changing media landscape on democracy.

For more information, call 786-6202 or e-mail kcloutie@bates.edu.