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June 30, 2010 at 8:12 pm · Filed under the state of the ethnic media in the US
Nobody wants to be reminded how tough these days are. Fewer ads. Money dribbles in.
So jobs are cut and work is harder, incredibly harder.
The plans you had to do more and to do better are now just plans.
The ethnic news media has always lived on less than the mainstream news media. But now less is even less.
That’s one reason why sticking together and helping each other makes so much sense.
And that’s why we are holding a fundraiser at 8 p.m. Thursday (July 1) at the Heartland Cafe to raise money for journalists who’ve lost jobs and are trying to start over.
The Chicago Headline Club is the host and there will be musicians, all of them journalists, playing.
The money will go to help freelancers covers the costs for working on stories, or for classes to help get a better feet in the door for the next job or for equipment such as digital tape recorders.
If you know anyone who has lost a job these days, you know how hard it is to recover. And if you have lost a job, you know this routine too well.
Besides raising money, we’ll talk, hopefully, about ways to help people make better connections and ask folks, as well, who may want to volunteer classes or support services for those of us starting our journalism careers over.
We are asking for a $10 contribution if you have it.
I want to also remind you that the Headline Club has $10,000 set aside in its Watchdog Fund for news outlets that want to do investigative journalism and need the money for equipment or copying costs or local travel. There’s no better recipient for this money than the ethnic news media. So, contact me if you want more information about this fund and I’ll see you Thursday night. If you want to know how you can apply for the money raised Thursday, contact me as well.
saludos,
Steve@newstips.org: 312 369 7782 – office.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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8:00pm – 11:30pm
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Heartland Cafe
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7000 North Glenwood Ave –corner of Lunt
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Chicago, IL
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If you can’t make it, you can donate to the Chicago Headline Club Foundation, at 1633 Central St., Evanston, Ill, and mark down that the money goes for the Scribe Aid fundraiser.
June 16, 2009 at 3:28 pm · Filed under Reporting on ethnic communities, Uncategorized, community reporting that matters, the state of the ethnic media in the US
Piolin talks about Latino Radio
It’s virtually the other story about the American news media. While mainstream news media is shedding its audience, the ethnic news media is gathering up its followers.
What’s the proof. Here are the results of a survey done for New America Media. The poll looked only at Hispanics, African-Americans and Asian Americans so the support for the ethnic media is clearly much larger.
The poll found that:
1. The number of adults reached by the ethnic news media has grown by 16 percent since 2005.
2. Spanish language radio and print now reaches 85 percent of all Latinos in the U.S.
3. Chinese language television stations and newspapers now reach 70 percent of all Chinese adults in the nation, up from 55 percent in 2005.
4. Korean-language newspapers are read by 64 percent of all Korean adults in the U.S., up from 46 percent four years ago.
5. English language publications aimed at Filipino and Indian readers are followed by 60 percent of the folks in these communities today.
6. Two-thirds of the nation’s African-American community listen to radio stations oriented toward them.
What’s going on here? Here’s my idea. People are turning to the news media that reflects them and their values, the news media that gives them stories they can’t find elsewhere. Like a good friend of mine explains why she reads only certain Polish newspapers in Chicago. “They have news I won’t find elsewhere.”
So, when you are out talking to advertisers, remember to hold up these facts. What they say is that there’s an appetite that is growing, and maybe advertisers and local officials need to realize this.
Here are the details.
http://media.namx.org/polls/2009/06/National_Study_of_the_Penetration_of_Ethnic_Media_June_5_2009_Presentation.pdf
April 7, 2009 at 4:24 pm · Filed under Reporting on ethnic communities, digital story telling, the state of the ethnic media in the US
If all else fails it, the ethnic news media can always count on one thing to survive. It is a connection. It is a legacy. It is a memory. It is another way of listening, hearing, seeing. It carries the sound that lasts for generations.
As yet another wonderful NPR program reminded us today, the success of some ethnic media amid the stunning collapse of American journalism is their ability to link one generation after another with a common root, and to keep their eye on what matters.
It is the ability of some Latino radio stations to capture the imagination of second and third generation Latinos with a delicious presentation of Spanglish.
Its the powerful appeal of Korean or Chinese television stations that tell the story of our daily lives in the rhythm of the place where we now live but in the language of where we came from.
And it is the ability to satisfy the hunger of immigrant parents and their children and their children’s children who want to be able to feel as if they are living within the same story though generations and countries separate them.
What works for the Ethnic New Media
The ethnic media can continue to thrive by speaking out and speaking for their communities. By staying focused on this mission and doing its job in the most creative way possible. By staying update in technology and business strategy so it can get by on less in these hard times. By learning to share with others in order to survive. And by not giving up.
Here are the NPR programs.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102802880
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102705139
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94472417
March 21, 2009 at 12:34 pm · Filed under the state of the ethnic media in the US
Business wasn’t so good. But who is doing well in the news business today? On some issues, people turned to the ethnic media because that’s where they trusted the news, and where they felt comfortable.
Clicking our ways to survival
Online is growing after lagging behind. And that’s a major point. If the ethnic media wants to grow, it needs to exist in places like where are you looking at right now.
Read the whole report on the ethnic media from the Pew Project on Excellence in Journalism.
http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2009/narrative_ethnic_intro.php?cat=0&media=11
And here is an AP report on the problems facing many ethnic news media operations.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/ethnic_press_stung_by_recessio.html
March 18, 2009 at 10:46 am · Filed under the state of the ethnic media in the US
These are sure tough times for everyone in the news business. And that includes the ethnic news media which is right there, punching its way along, fighting for its tomorrows. But lost in the shouting is the fact that some ethnic media are winning their battles.
And even more importantly, they are winning these battles while telling stories that truly matter to the people they serve. Telling stories because they are driven by a powerful sense of community responsibility.
Here’s an interview from the NPR show On the Media which tells the story of one ethnic publication that doing okay.
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/03/13/03
