Chicago Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop April 10-11, 2010

Apr 06, 2010

Ethnic media watchdog workshops help journalists sharpen their skills, learn new approaches and add depth to their reporting. Award-winning journalists from around the country volunteer their time to provide training on topics such as the 2010 census, criminal justice, the economy, education, health care, immigration and local government. Hands-on spreadsheet software training also will be offered.

Media Briefing on Social Security's $500 million Settlement to Benefit Elders and People with Disabilities - Thursday, March 15

Apr 06, 2010

The public needs to know they can now reapply for their benefits if they were cut off because of an often old or mistaken arrest warrant. Ethnic media can learn who can get benefits—and what they must do.

New York Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop April 16-17, 2010

Apr 06, 2010

Ethnic media workshops help journalists sharpen their skills, learn new approaches and add depth to their reporting. Award-winning journalists from around the country volunteer their time to provide training on topics such as the 2010 census, criminal justice, the economy, immigration and local government. Hands-on spreadsheet software training also will be offered.

NAM Education Fellowship 2010 - Thur-Fri, April 22-23

Apr 06, 2010

New America Media and the University of California Center Sacramento, Public Affairs Journalism Program, are partnering for a fourth year to create an education beat fellowship program for ethnic media journalists in California, supported by the Hewlett Foundation and the Packard Foundation. This program is made up two parts: 1) participation in a two-day training program, and 2) the publication of a story (or series) on schools/students in your community, and how they have been affected by the recession and state budget cuts.

Roundtable discussion with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health - Tuesday, Feb 23

Feb 22, 2010

Kidsdata.org (www.kidsdata.org) offers a wealth of local information on kids’ health and well being, on topics ranging from fitness scores to poverty rates to demographic trends. Find out how you can navigate these data and how they can help you cover issues affecting children in your community.

2010 Ethnic Elders Newsbeat Fellowship - Fri-Sat Feb. 26-27

Feb 22, 2010

New America Media's 2010 Ethnic Elders Newsbeat Fellowship, sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies, is supporting ethnic media journalists to research and write a major article or series on various aspects of how today's aging demographics in America are affecting ethnic elders, as well as their families and communities. Each story or series will be published or broadcast in the fellows’ respective ethnic media outlets, and selected stories will be published on NAM’s website. In addition, NAM Ethnic Elders Fellows will participate in a two-day workshop hosted by the University of California in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26-27, where they will meet leading experts and advocates in aging and veteran reporters on the generations beat.

A Briefing on What’s at Stake for Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color - Tuesday, March 2

Feb 22, 2010

What is net neutrality? What is broadband access and adoption? Why should your audiences care about these issues? Here are three reasons why: • Do they make international phone calls using the Internet? • Do they purchase consumer goods online? • Do they search for information, jobs or register for schools online? Internet policy questions may seem too removed from the daily lives of ordinary citizens; yet fierce battles over who controls the Internet are being waged around the country, the outcomes of which will affect our quality of living for decades to come. As the business of conducting our lives is increasingly done online, keeping the Internet open and accessible has become a critical concern among policy and law makers, community and media advocates, new media producers, artists and others. Massive efforts by telecommunications companies to impose a restrictive pay-for-play business model that would result in discriminatory access to the Internet have gone virtually unreported outside of the trade media.

A Briefing on H1N1 and Vaccination-Atlanta, GA - Thursday, March 4

Feb 22, 2010

Are Americans right to think the H1N1 crisis is over? How did our media do in informing city residents about swine flu? What can we learn from H1N1 to improve our coverage in the future? Meet with local public health professionals who want to work with ethnic media to expand to expand reporting on influenza, particularly H1N1. New America Media looks forward to meeting with you and growing your network.

A Briefing on H1N1 and Vaccination-Pueblo, CO - Wednesday, March 10

Feb 22, 2010

Are Americans right to think the H1N1 crisis is over? How did our media do in informing city residents about swine flu? What can we learn from H1N1 to improve our coverage in the future? Meet with local public health professionals who want to work with ethnic media to expand to expand reporting on influenza, particularly H1N1. New America Media looks forward to meeting with you and growing your network.