A free exhibition exploring the role news plays in society has opened at Kenilworth Library today.

'Breaking the News' focuses on celebrating the news and examining what stories make the headlines and why.

Run by Warwickshire County Council, The Living Knowledge Network and The British Library, the pop-up exhibition will be available until May 20 following its debut in Rugby earlier this year.

It showcases some of the most important local news stories and help residents explore the significance of news within our local communities.

The exhibition will also encourage visitors to question if the news can ever truly be objective, opening questions for discussion such as:

• How do your opinions and beliefs influence the news you choose?
• When does news become propaganda?
• Why do we devour crime stories and sensationalism?
• Who decides which stories to suppress and which to spotlight?

"We are delighted to host the Breaking the News pop-up exhibition in Warwickshire in collaboration with the British Library's Living Knowledge Network," said Cllr Andy Jenns, portfolio holder for customer and transformation.

"In Warwickshire the exhibition will explore some of the most important local and regional stories from the past few hundred years, inspiring questions and conversations around the value of news, press freedom, the importance of journalism, and how news stories are identified and presented to our local communities.

"Journalism plays an important role in our society but also carries responsibilities relating to choice, interpretation, truth, and trust, and these themes are really brought to life in the exhibition to challenge and explore visitors' views.

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"This is a really exciting opportunity for residents to learn more about the news and journalism, and we look forward to welcoming the people of Warwickshire to visit us and find out more about what happens behind the headlines."

The localised exhibition in Warwickshire is part of a collective of more than 30 libraries across the UK hosting the exhibition pop-ups, and will run alongside the major Breaking the News exhibition at the British Library in London from 22 April to 21 August 2022.

For more information about the Breaking the News exhibition in Warwickshire, visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/breakingthenews