Specialized Reporting Institute: Covering Families during the Recession

Earlier this month on April 5-6, 2011, the Suburban Newspapers of America and the Associated Press Managing Editors hosted the latest in the series of Specialized Reporting Institutes (SRI) in Chicago: Effects of the Current Economic Crisis on American Families.

The two-day workshop brought together community journalists from all over the country, and explored topics such as “The Big Picture: How the recession’s fallout will shape the next decade,” and the recession’s impact on marriage, family structure and gender roles.

Resources from the workshop and upcoming SRIs will be posted on Poynter’s News University Resources section.