Why Spanish language TV is on the other side of the rainbow

Univision seeks videos Univision is looking for videos from independent producers and others to expand its reach to its audience. Click on this video above and it will tell you about it and how to get to the folks at Univision. Lo que decir, Latino TV is growing or at least holding its own. And [...]

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Written by on October 15, 2009

Reporting on children’s health in minority communities

Here’s a blog from a Cleveland reporter that gets me thinking about some figures he points to dealing with infant mortality. As he notes, there are federal figures for most counties and so I wonder how we are doing here in the Chicago area. His reporting approach might also be a guide. So, too, his [...]

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Written by on October 14, 2009

Telling the story about violence in our communities, #1

So what do you do next after you talk about violence in your community? Richard Muhammad, editor of the Final Call, is looking to present stories that tell about ways that communities have faced the problem and found some solutions. And then the stories will link to organizations and resources on the web. Here’s a [...]

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Written by on October 14, 2009

Can't we find a good way to tell this story now

A few days ago I was sitting in a room in central Egypt talking with reporters and NGO officials about how to tell the story about child brides, and child labor and all the bad things that happen when poverty swallows hopes and ambitions. We talked about campaigns where the news media work with the [...]

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Written by on October 11, 2009

How the housing crisis is crippling Chicago's black community

If there is any story that can’t be ignored, it is the housing crisis. And this is a crisis that undermines the black community more than any other because so much is linked to the importance of owning a home. Low housing prices are a major reason for income inequality for blacks. The costs of [...]

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Written by on October 1, 2009

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