Hey, can I say that? Don’t miss these workshops

Hey, can I say that? Don't miss these workshops No Comments

Say you have a blog. Or  you work for  a small non-profit. You write on the web and you sometimes wonder what can you say. That is, what’s legal? What can’t you say and what can get you in trouble? It can be baffling if you don’t have the experience or resources. Or what you [...]

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Written by on April 3, 2012

Trauma, covering it and living it, a workshop

Trauma, covering it and living it, a workshop No Comments

I’ve covered six conflicts. I’ve been splattered with others’ blood. And I’ve talked to people who have lost people they love only moments ago. And I’ve never felt comfortable doing this, covering trauma. This is the story that binds us and blinds us. The story of loss and endings. The story of trauma and, sometimes, [...]

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Written by on March 22, 2012

How to get information you need but can’t get – a workshop

How to get information you need but can't get - a workshop No Comments

A colleague last week had a reporting problem. He had never filed a Freedom of Information request and he knew he needed to do so to get info for a story he was working on. But he didn’t know where to begin. I offered my advice and then I added, ‘why don’t you come to [...]

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Written by on March 13, 2012

Smart Reporting With Your Phone

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Mobile news reporting workshop Times have changed and we need to get smart. I mean using your smart phone. Join us for a special workshop on smart phone reporting: 9 to noon, Thursday, April 5, 218 s. Wabash, 7th floor, Chicago, Il. You’ll learn the basics of how to use hand-held devices as a journalistic [...]

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Written by on March 12, 2012

How We Report on Youth Violence, a guide ¿Cómo nos informe sobre la violencia juvenil

How We Report on Youth Violence, a guide ¿Cómo nos informe sobre la violencia juvenil No Comments

What happens when we blow off a killing with a few graphs in the paper? Does that cheapen life here? And what does it say about the news media’s commitment to telling us about our lives and what’s happening? An excellent series running now on WBEZ raises these question. Questions we journalists have been living [...]

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Written by on August 2, 2011

Desconstructing violence, reporter Natalie Moore explains

Desconstructing violence, reporter Natalie Moore explains 2 Comments

WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore on covering violence from Stephen Franklin on Vimeo. Before the shooting, the robberies, and the muggings, before everything explodes, other forces are pushing their way up and out. That’s why children playing in the street get hit by random bullets, why people die walking on the street, and why someone fires [...]

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Written by on July 26, 2011

What if you stop telling the news? Would it matter?

What if you stop telling the news? Would it matter? No Comments

Hoy did a story a few days ago about pawn shops in Little Village. It reported on local folks’  opposition to adding another such business in their community, and their councilman’s support for a new pawn shop. Normal reporting. Then it went a step further. It did some research which showed that if the Zoning [...]

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Written by on July 18, 2011

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