Weekly Worldly Events

There’s a lot happening in this city and sometimes it can be hard to keep up. To help out, we’ve rounded up some of this weekend’s most worldly events in hopes that it will aid in the planning of your weekend. Take a look.

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Written by on June 14, 2013

Solutions Now

We can report on who gets killed and where. But how do we report on what stops the violence?

These were the questions posed at a reporters workshop, June 11th, held at at 618 South Michigan, Stage Two, Columbia College; hosted by Community Media Workshop and Strengthening Chicago’s Youth (SCY); and moderated by Natalie Moore, WBEZ’s South Side Bureau chief.

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Written by on June 14, 2013

Did I Tell You the Story?

We live our lives in stories, but not just any kind of stories. They are the stories we re-create, we frame, we nourish. Gabriel Garcia Marquez said it best. “What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” Because the ethnic news media is the [...]

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Written by on May 22, 2013

Listening to our communities, June 4th

If you want to make a difference, you need to know what is important. And that’s why the news media needs to listen to the community as much as possible. And that’s why it is especially important for the ethnic media, because folks count on you to care for them, to pay special attention to [...]

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Written by on May 16, 2013

The Trains Still Run. The Hearts Still Break

They haven’t stopped coming. No. There are more of them, in fact. They are coming from Central America in getting numbers because the despair is greater and the failed American dream for many on the road hasn’t snared them yet. This is a story among the many to cover as we plunge ahead into deciphering [...]

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Written by on May 14, 2013

Hello World – Chicago Calling

here’s a prelude for our news forum Tuesday, May7th, on immigration, at 10 am, 33 E. Congress, room 101. Columbia College, Chicago By Stephen Franklin Chicago is the world. But don’t take my word for it. Explore the city and you will discover restaurants, social services, museums, and houses of worship that bind Chicago to [...]

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Written by on May 6, 2013

Where’s the Justice? – Covering Immigration

The immigration reform buzz hasn’t changed one thing. The arrest and shuffling off of thousands. What exactly is happening? From excellent journalism by the Chicago Reporter, we learn that speedy deportations have consumed thousands from the Chicago area and across the nation. “From October 2007 through September 2011, more than 460,000 deportations were carried out [...]

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Written by on May 5, 2013

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