Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Georgia's Got Ethnic Media on its Mind
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Someone once said that the most creative solutions resolve three problems at once. A recent program hosted by the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia, Athens – in partnership with New American Media - is proof positive.
Trying to tackle seemingly disparate issues – making the campus a more inviting environment for prospective students of color, establishing ties between the journalism school and the surrounding community and providing useful training for ethnic journalists – led to an innovative idea: an Ethnic Media Family Weekend. The strategy is simple: Publishers and editors of the area’s burgeoning ethnic media are invited to campus for a weekend of high-quality workshops on topics ranging from the importance of getting online and how to create inexpensive new media slide shows to investigative reporting and coverage of health issues. Taking the idea a step further, the families of these same ethnic media leaders were invited to attend these same training sessions or to participate in campus tours and evening entertainment. Win-win-win.
To learn more about the MTF-funded weekend, which took place Feb. 23-24, visit http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/2008/Feb/23/ethnic.phtml.
And to see a short video that NAM’s Cliff Parker put together on the event, see
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=84a3fff8558e9bbf49a8908ff053ff54.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Read It, and Rate It
Friday, March 14, 2008
The American Society of Newspaper Editors, an MTF grantee, is looking for a few good reviewers to assist its High School Journalism Initiative. ASNE has launched a new review section of its Web site (http://www.highschooljournalism.org/) for journalism teachers and students to rate books, articles, videos etc. for the classroom. The hope is that the review process will identify the resouces that can best help teachers.
Meanwhile, Kent State University's Center for Scholastic Journalism recently launched a blog to serve as a clearinghouse and discussion forum around free speech issues that impact young people. Check it out at http://csjblog.org/.
Meanwhile, Kent State University's Center for Scholastic Journalism recently launched a blog to serve as a clearinghouse and discussion forum around free speech issues that impact young people. Check it out at http://csjblog.org/.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism to Lead Initiative Focused on Coverage of Immigration
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism has named 12 Fellows for an upcoming MTF-funded program on coverage of immigration. IJJ’s Fellows, selected largely from ethnic news organizations, will take part in a week-long program “Immigration: Reporting the Full Story,” March 16-23. Activities will include field experiences along the U.S.-Mexico border and in-depth discussions with immigration experts and journalists from both countries. The goal of the initiative is to improve and deepen coverage of immigration.
During the week of March 16, the IJJ Fellows and eight other journalists will meet in Tucson and Green Valley, Arizona, with immigration experts before traveling to Sonora, Mexico for field experiences. The Fellows will reconvene on June 1 in New York City for a three-day program funded by Open Society Institute at the IJJ-affiliated Center on Media, Crime and Justice (CMCJ) at John Jay College. The 12 Fellows funded by MTF will be joined by another 12 journalists selected by the CMCJ.
Two of the IJJ Fellows work in broadcast, two in magazine and eight in newspapers. They are:
• Mariana Alvarado Avalos, a reporter for La Estrella de Tucsón
• Fernando Díaz, an investigative reporter for The Chicago Reporter magazine
• Paula Díaz, a reporter for Hoy newspaper in Los Angeles
• Dzung Do, a reporter for Nguoi Viet Daily News in Orange County, California
• J. Emilio Flores, a photojournalist for La Opinión newspaper in Los Angeles
• Karla Gomez-Escamilla, a reporter/anchor for Univision Arizona
• Damaso D. González, a reporter for El Diario/La Prensa in New York City
• Naomi M. Ishisaka, the editor in chief of ColorsNW magazine in Seattle
• Linda Lin, a news manager for Singtao Daily in Los Angeles
• Jorge Morales Almada, a reporter for La Opinión newspaper in Los Angeles
• Rodrigo París, the U.S. and International Editor for Rumbo Newspapers
• David Rodríguez, a reporter for Univision of Puerto Rico
The Fellows will be joined in Arizona by eight of their editors and colleagues:
• Marco Flores of Univision Arizona
• Rui Kaneya of The Chicago Reporter
• Reynaldo Mena of Hoy
• José Merino of La Estrella de Tucsón
• Edwin Rivera of Univision Puerto Rico
• Pedro Rojas of La Opinión
• Jesús Del Toro of Rumbo
• Benjamin Vu of Nguoi Viet Daily News.
Stories generated from this initiative will be posted on the IJJ Web site at www.justicejournalism.org.
During the week of March 16, the IJJ Fellows and eight other journalists will meet in Tucson and Green Valley, Arizona, with immigration experts before traveling to Sonora, Mexico for field experiences. The Fellows will reconvene on June 1 in New York City for a three-day program funded by Open Society Institute at the IJJ-affiliated Center on Media, Crime and Justice (CMCJ) at John Jay College. The 12 Fellows funded by MTF will be joined by another 12 journalists selected by the CMCJ.
Two of the IJJ Fellows work in broadcast, two in magazine and eight in newspapers. They are:
• Mariana Alvarado Avalos, a reporter for La Estrella de Tucsón
• Fernando Díaz, an investigative reporter for The Chicago Reporter magazine
• Paula Díaz, a reporter for Hoy newspaper in Los Angeles
• Dzung Do, a reporter for Nguoi Viet Daily News in Orange County, California
• J. Emilio Flores, a photojournalist for La Opinión newspaper in Los Angeles
• Karla Gomez-Escamilla, a reporter/anchor for Univision Arizona
• Damaso D. González, a reporter for El Diario/La Prensa in New York City
• Naomi M. Ishisaka, the editor in chief of ColorsNW magazine in Seattle
• Linda Lin, a news manager for Singtao Daily in Los Angeles
• Jorge Morales Almada, a reporter for La Opinión newspaper in Los Angeles
• Rodrigo París, the U.S. and International Editor for Rumbo Newspapers
• David Rodríguez, a reporter for Univision of Puerto Rico
The Fellows will be joined in Arizona by eight of their editors and colleagues:
• Marco Flores of Univision Arizona
• Rui Kaneya of The Chicago Reporter
• Reynaldo Mena of Hoy
• José Merino of La Estrella de Tucsón
• Edwin Rivera of Univision Puerto Rico
• Pedro Rojas of La Opinión
• Jesús Del Toro of Rumbo
• Benjamin Vu of Nguoi Viet Daily News.
Stories generated from this initiative will be posted on the IJJ Web site at www.justicejournalism.org.
Monday, March 10, 2008
We're Not All 'Citizen Journalists'
Monday, March 10, 2008
With all the trendiness around the term "citizen journalist," Todd Wolfson of the Media Mobilizing Project in Philadelphia makes an important point: Not all the people practicing citizen journalism are citizens. Some are undocumented immigrants, he notes in an article from today's New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10link.html?ex=1362888000&en=f7410e7dafa0198a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink).
Wolfson prefers the term "community journalism" as the encompassing title for those reporting out in the community. He's helping train a cadre of community journalists as part of the Media Mobilizing Project (www.mediamobilizing.org), a Knight-funded initiative that is teaching independent media making as part of an organizing effort "to build a broad vibrant network of social movements in Philadelphia."
The Media Mobilizing Project isn't the only initiative trying to train and disseminate news from community members and ethnic media. Check out Twin Cities Daily Planet (www.tcdailyplanet.net), an MTF grantee, which has been training and disseminating content from ethnic and community media in the Twin Cities for several years. The Daily Planet's recently re-designed Web site features some new multimedia options and its network of contributors continues to grow.
Wolfson prefers the term "community journalism" as the encompassing title for those reporting out in the community. He's helping train a cadre of community journalists as part of the Media Mobilizing Project (www.mediamobilizing.org), a Knight-funded initiative that is teaching independent media making as part of an organizing effort "to build a broad vibrant network of social movements in Philadelphia."
The Media Mobilizing Project isn't the only initiative trying to train and disseminate news from community members and ethnic media. Check out Twin Cities Daily Planet (www.tcdailyplanet.net), an MTF grantee, which has been training and disseminating content from ethnic and community media in the Twin Cities for several years. The Daily Planet's recently re-designed Web site features some new multimedia options and its network of contributors continues to grow.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Students Catching Political Fever
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
The heated political rhetoric and captivating ideas of the presidential candidates is generating a lot of buzz among students. Here are some of the impressive initiatives that involve young people reporting and blogging about the election process.
• Daily Kos: University of Washington professor David Domke is leading a group of UW students in reporting and blogging around the elections. They’ve reported in Washington state and Idaho and are now blanketing Texas. Their coverage has caught the attention of the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and the Huffington Post. See http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/4/04242/68517 for more.
• Collaborations: Two teen initiatives, What Kids Can Do (Providence, R.I) and Y-Press (Indianapolis), have teamed up on campaign coverage and plan to blog together for the next 10 months. See http://www.whatkidscando.org/youth_on_the_trail/y-press_intro.html for the first posts.
• New America Media: NAM's YO! Youth Outlook has been posting a youth media blog-a-thon for the past few weeks. It includes a call out to other youth bloggers to join in on the action. See their blog at http://youthoutlook.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=89b2ad995e5cce45a27514fdd7312838.
• The group Mikva Challenge sent a group of teenagers to New Hampshire to cover the primaries there. The reporting they did is posted here (http://mikvainnewhampshire08.blogspot.com).
Northwestern University’s Media Management Center, with Ethics and Excellence in Journalism funding, will be conducting research later this year to identify techniques and strategies news organizations can use online to deepen teen interest in serious news. MMC is looking for recommendations about web sites that should appeal to young people interested in following the ’08 election. Contact Vivian Vahlberg at v-vahlberg@northwestern.edu. The upcoming research is a follow-up to MMC's "If It Catches My Eye: An Exploration of Online News Experiences of Teenagers," report, which was funded by McCormick Tribune Foundation.
• Daily Kos: University of Washington professor David Domke is leading a group of UW students in reporting and blogging around the elections. They’ve reported in Washington state and Idaho and are now blanketing Texas. Their coverage has caught the attention of the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and the Huffington Post. See http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/4/04242/68517 for more.
• Collaborations: Two teen initiatives, What Kids Can Do (Providence, R.I) and Y-Press (Indianapolis), have teamed up on campaign coverage and plan to blog together for the next 10 months. See http://www.whatkidscando.org/youth_on_the_trail/y-press_intro.html for the first posts.
• New America Media: NAM's YO! Youth Outlook has been posting a youth media blog-a-thon for the past few weeks. It includes a call out to other youth bloggers to join in on the action. See their blog at http://youthoutlook.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=89b2ad995e5cce45a27514fdd7312838.
• The group Mikva Challenge sent a group of teenagers to New Hampshire to cover the primaries there. The reporting they did is posted here (http://mikvainnewhampshire08.blogspot.com).
Northwestern University’s Media Management Center, with Ethics and Excellence in Journalism funding, will be conducting research later this year to identify techniques and strategies news organizations can use online to deepen teen interest in serious news. MMC is looking for recommendations about web sites that should appeal to young people interested in following the ’08 election. Contact Vivian Vahlberg at v-vahlberg@northwestern.edu. The upcoming research is a follow-up to MMC's "If It Catches My Eye: An Exploration of Online News Experiences of Teenagers," report, which was funded by McCormick Tribune Foundation.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
We Need Great Ideas, You Need Funding
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
The McCormick Tribune Foundation is looking for some creative women digital media entrepreneurs for a new project - and you, or your associates, may be just the one with the golden idea that gets funded.
In the words of our grantee J-Lab, "Calling all creative new media women. J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is seeking to fund three women-led start-ups that will generate new ideas in the world of news and information and model a spirit of journalistic entrepreneurship." So what's the deal? J-Lab is seeking three great new digital media projects founded by women to receive $10,000 seed grants to launch their ideas and blog about it for the next year. These grants are part of a new initiative that will "address issues of opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism."
The deadline to apply is May 1. For application materials, and to learn more about the McCormick Tribune New Media Entrepreneurs initiative, visit the project's Web site at http://www.newmediawomen.org/.
In the words of our grantee J-Lab, "Calling all creative new media women. J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is seeking to fund three women-led start-ups that will generate new ideas in the world of news and information and model a spirit of journalistic entrepreneurship." So what's the deal? J-Lab is seeking three great new digital media projects founded by women to receive $10,000 seed grants to launch their ideas and blog about it for the next year. These grants are part of a new initiative that will "address issues of opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism."
The deadline to apply is May 1. For application materials, and to learn more about the McCormick Tribune New Media Entrepreneurs initiative, visit the project's Web site at http://www.newmediawomen.org/.
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