So, a student asked, learning forward to ask a tough question, how is the ethnic media going to survive? Everyone else is collapsing, he said. Hmmph. Quiet. Tough to answer. And then Lou Ransom, executive editor of the 104-year-old Chicago Defender, explained how and why and it seemed so perfect and so true. We will [...]
Written by Stephen on October 29, 2009
Is the swine flu affecting Latinos and blacks more? Here is a story from the L.A. Times which suggests that this has been the case. But the ethnic composition of victims is changing somewhat, Lyn Finelli, head of flu surveillance at the CDC, said at a meeting Thursday. During the spring, Latinos had a disproportionately [...]
Written by Stephen on October 25, 2009
What I remember first is blood. It wasn’t everywhere and it was only one day when I went searching in Iraqi hospitals for colleagues badly hurt in a blast that is stuck in my mind’s eye. A door swung open in one hospital and there was blood everywhere. On the floor. On the walls. On [...]
Written by Stephen on October 22, 2009
You want to know why this time around the Census will do a better job and fewer persons will be missed. You want to know this because Cook County alone has lost an estimated $200 million in the last decade because of the undercount. You want to know how well the Census is prepared to [...]
Written by Stephen on October 20, 2009
I had a chance to talk with Alex Cuba after his lively set at the Rumba Room in Chicago. Listen in and download an excerpt from his live performance. You can check out some great photos from the show at http://www.zerostudio.net/alexCUBArumba100709/ Interview: Alex Cuba Live Performance at Rumba Room Chicago Special thanks to Amor at [...]
Written by admin on October 19, 2009
So there are stories that show programs that succeed. These move the issue ahead. Stories that tell about the daily lives of children on their ways to school, as the Chicago Tribune did recently. These make the issue real. What about stories that talk about the holes left behind when Ceasefire lost much of its [...]
Written by Stephen on October 19, 2009
Not all stories flow straight forward. Some stop. Some wander. Some feel like the talk that shapes our conversations. I like the way this story gives me a feel for the people and the neighborhood and makes me wonder about the bigger picture. Stephen http://tinyurl.com/yf5c4zy
Written by Stephen on October 18, 2009
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