Journalism
This summer, Amanda Plumb, of StoryCorps, visited Sagal Radio Services, where interns Nawal
Abdirahman from Somalia, and Ram Koirala and Tara Powdyal from Nepal
interviewed her about... Listen to audio
Community news sites should engage, not just inform, their users;
ramp up quickly with social media tools; tease out contributors rather
than train a corps... Visit website
Getting to—and staying in—America. A curated playlist from the editors of PRX. Featured stories include:
American Dreamer from Long Haul Productions and Latino USA follows... Visit website
In her blog at Oakland Local, Susan Mernit writes, "I just got back from 5 days in Los Angeles, where I was a lead facilitator... read more
The boats are docked, the processing plants closed, and no one knows
when they will be up and running again. That means Louisiana’s
hardworking Vietnamese... read more
This learning module is filled with original reporting that will help you learn about the innovative community news initiatives that are cropping up around the... Visit website
The National Health Journalism Fellowships (deadline: May 12) and the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism (deadine: May 5) are open to print, broadcast,... read more
Unique perspectives of the earthquake and its aftermath from New York’s foreign language newspapers. Visit website
As our project moves forward, we invite you to a preliminary look at our work:
http://www.whyy.org/widerhorizons/ourstories.html
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A study of U.S. English-language news media found that only 3 percent of the coverage mentioned Latinos. Visit website
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) to provide community radio journalists in the United States and Latin America... read more
Jose Pablo Rodriguez is a second year participant of SALUD: Healing through the Arts. He has been working with Radio Arte to produce radio novelas.... read more
Kartemquin Films documentary film series, The New Americans, will be rebroadcast beginning the week of July 5 on PBS Global World. The series will continue... Visit website
The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media supports media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video... read more
American Public Media's Public Insight Network in collaboration with Southern California Public Radio (KPCC-FM) wants your help exploring the impact of immigration on families, communities... read more
The Institute for Justice and Journalism has a great list of resources (including links) for covering immigration. Visit website
Health reporting fellowships are available to professional journalists in print, broadcast and new media. Dennis Hunt grants (up to $10,000) encourage collaborative projects between mainstream... Visit website
Though these are grim times for major news organizations across the country, a few organizations — often labeled "ethnic media" — are thriving.
Many of these... read more
Rigoberto Padilla has been a student of journalism and media at Radio Arte since February of 2009. Between the time he was accepted into this... read more
It's a bit cold here in Philadelphia but the energy and enthusiasm surrounding our project continues to grow.
Yesterday, I cleared my calendar and went to... read more
As part of our efforts to encourage Penn students to be active in the local community and foster a new generation of culturally competent researchers... read more
Zuhur Ahmed provides the voice for Egal Shidad's sister in the story written by Said Salah Ahmed and performed in the Egal Shidad television and... read more
Yasmine Farhang reviews Moustafa Bayoumi’s book, which introduces readers to ”seven young people in Brooklyn who are all too familiar with being defined by others.”... Visit website
The January 16, 2009 edition Global Movements, Urban Struggle as broadcast on WBAI in New York:
In sharp contrast to the misrepresentations of immigrants as social... Listen to audio
"Newsladder is a participatory news feed sharing stories, idea, videos, and thoughts from the most powerful
political revolution of our time; the Progressive Online Community. The
community... Visit website
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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