Chicago’s Polish Radio from Ethnic Media Project on Vimeo. Chicago’s Polish community is extensive. In order to bring local and international news to the community, Magda Partyka, News Director for WNWI 1080AM of Polsat International 2, delivers relevant programming and breaking news coverage. Magda discusses the goals of her radio station, as well as the [...]
Written by Stephen on April 28, 2010
Café is Brewing By: Angela Evans The flavor is by chance. The moment is now. The topics are international. El café esta caliente. Alejandro Riera, editor in chief of Café Media, LLC explains that his company, along with the rest of the media landscape, is undergoing a transition. Literally, so. But, in this case, it [...]
Written by Stephen on April 26, 2010
I saw the man playing congo drums the other day on a street corner and I said it’s warm again. There’s music again. Music in the parks and at folk and neighborhood festivals and on the CTA if you have time to stop and listen. Here is a song about hungry men from almost everywhere, [...]
Written by Stephen on April 21, 2010
There will be marches on May 1 but that is only one story on one day. How else can you cover immigration and keep it fresh and pertinent? What has changed today here for immigrants and refugees? What are the stories that celebrate immigrants and the stories that they need? With state and federal services [...]
Written by admin on April 20, 2010
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Written by admin on April 20, 2010
That was the headline today at the Polish Daily News, telling Chicago’s Poles about the airline tragedy that engulfed Poland’s president and many other Poles. But the newspaper was only one way Chicago’s Poles were united with a tragedy so far away. They read local Polish blogs. They followed the news on Polish news websites [...]
Written by Stephen on April 12, 2010
We want stories that matter. Stories that touch lives. Stories where we can help make a difference. That’s often investigative reporting. But that’s hard to do when you are working as hard as most folks in the ethnic news media do. So, what can you do? You can take small steps that build to big [...]
Written by Stephen on April 8, 2010
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