Community Media Workshop

NP COMMUNICATOR: Modern Mobilizing

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:33:27 +0000

The newest post on the Nonprofit Communicator Blog is an insightful conversation with Tracy VanSlyke, co-director of The New Bottom Line and moderator for the Modern Mobilizing: Activism in the Digital Age panel at Making Media Connections. VanSlyke offers her revelations on how digital tools have changed activism. READ MORE ON THE NONPROFIT COMMUNICATOR BLOG

Save on Making Media Connections

admin — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:27:04 +0000

Take advantage of or buddy-rate. If you’re attending Making Media Connections, bring a buddy/co-worker and they’ll save 50% on their registration, $124.50 instead of $249. Here’s an idea: if you haven’t registered yet, register with a 2nd person and split the total cost of Making Media Connections between the two of you. The cost becomes [...]

It’s Going To Be a Smarter Summer

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:04:18 +0000

The Workshop is bringing back summer trainings! Create a communications plan, learn all about social media, or make a video! Join us for summertime enrichment and register today!

Using the Online Media Guide

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:08:20 +0000

Many organizations have “gone green” by going digital with their communications. The online version of the Getting On Air, Online & Into Print media guide is easy to use and updated weekly! Take a look at the video below to get a glimpse of how you can simply and quickly create your media list online! This quick tutorial [...]

Are You Going?

admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:48:11 +0000

Are you going? It’s the only communications conference like it. Power up your communications this summer and join us for Making Media Connections 2013, June 4th. Making Media Connections is the best, and most affordable, conference in the country to learn from expert communicators and journalists. Our conference will power up your communications plan; supercharge [...]

It’s No Joke! The Media Guide is on Sale Today!

admin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:55:32 +0000

The media guide is on sale today! It may be April Fools Day, but we’re not joking! Use code 13vip964i1 to get the media guide for a special price! Almost 20% off! SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

Propel Your Professional Development this Spring at the Workshop

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:21:27 +0000

Spring is a busy time for the Workshop and we’re excited to connect with, and add to our network of nonprofit communicators as we usher in a new quarter of training sessions. Here’s what we have in store this spring: Professional storyteller Susan O’Halloran (check out our Q&A with Susan here) is helping us kick off [...]

Thank you to all who joined us in our 24th Anniversary Studs Terkel Community Media Awards Benefit!

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:56:50 +0000

It was a night to remember. A hearty thank you to everyone who attended and lent their support, March 14, as Community Media Workshop once again honored media professionals, who like Studs Terkel, bring the voices of ordinary people to mainstream attention. “Their work makes a difference. Their work opens eyes and hearts,” blogged Chicago Sun-Times staff [...]

Lorne Clarkson wins Studs Terkel Community Media Scholarship

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:02:29 +0000

Columbia College senior Lorne Clarkson has won the coveted Studs Terkel Community Media Scholarship award. His documentary Little Things – a film about the Gold Family and their homestead in Ypsilanti, MI – exhibited his talents in exemplary storytelling with a noteably Terkellian perspective. Read Lorne’s Bio here The 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Awards [...]

Q & A with Marketing Expert Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz

admin — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:02:14 +0000

An in-depth marketing strategy is essential for any nonprofit that wishes to increase program participation and raise visibility of the organization. However many nonprofits, especially small nonprofits with small budgets, fall behind on marketing, citing that marketing efforts are too difficult or expensive. Workshop trainer and marketing expert Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz of JJR Marketing wants to debunk [...]

Combating Violence in our Neighborhoods

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:15:44 +0000

“From Pageantry to Tragedy,” the Chicago Sun-Times cover headline screamed out this morning. As reported all over today, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot in the back while waiting after school for the pouring rain to stop in a neighborhood park less than a mile from President Barack Obama’s home; only a week after she attended [...]

The 2013 Terkel Award Winners

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:25:19 +0000

A big congratulations goes out to Megan Cottrell (Chicago Defender), Fernando Diaz (Hoy) and Dave Hoekstra (Chicago Sun-Times). Their exemplary work in community journalism has won them this year’s Studs Terkel Community Media Award. READ MORE ABOUT THE WINNERS These esteemed journalists will receive their award in front of an audience of Chicago media professionals, community organizers, [...]

Does Your Organization Need Media Training?

admin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:50:32 +0000

Despite what you might think, “media training” is not training for the media, it’s training for those who interact with the media. As the head of a nonprofit, a community organizer, or organizational spokesperson, it’s important to be aware of how to effectively engage the media to create positive press coverage for your cause and to deal with [...]

Happy Holidays from the Workshop!

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:13:55 +0000

We on the Community Media Workshop’s team are so grateful for YOUR engagement with our community of communicators. As we move into the year-end holiday season (our Columbia office follows the college’s building schedule, so we’re closed from December 20 through January 3), we look forward to a dynamic New Year of helping you tell your [...]

Your favorite communications tool is now on SALE!

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:37:44 +0000

Is your media list stale? Keep it fresher than holiday cookies straight from the oven with the online version of Getting On Air, Online and Into Print! Are you taking a break for the holidays? Make sure your media list is ready when you get back to work in the New Year! From now until [...]

Fourteen New Local Reporting Awards Approved

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:12:23 +0000

Fourteen New Local Reporting Awards Approved for Community News Projects on South and West Sides CHICAGO – The Chicago Community Trust’s Community News Matters program approved $70,000 in Local Reporting Awards for 14 community news projects focusing on issues affecting the south and west sides of Chicago. The community news projects will highlight various issues, [...]

SAVE THE DATE : The 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Awards

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:58:57 +0000

The 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Awards take place March 14, 2013.

The Workshop Recognized & in the Media

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:05:02 +0000

We’re always excited to see one of the nonprofits we’ve worked with gain recognition for their communications efforts, but it’s even more exciting when that nonprofit is us! Community Media Workshop is proud to have been awarded the Digital Excellence Pioneer award from The Chicago Digital Access Alliance this year! From the Alliance: Your organization [...]

Chicago is the World: A Moroccan in Chicago

admin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:57:22 +0000

For the past three weeks, Community Media Workshop hosted Saad Lamzouaq, a journalist from the Sahara Media Agency in Morocco. Chosen as a Fellow for an exchange program implemented by Citizen Bridges International, Saad came to the Workshop to understand the work that we do and the Chicago media outlets we work with. Read about [...]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

admin — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:12:44 +0000

This year we’ve dressed up as our “patron saint”, Studs Terkel! We can’t wait until March 14, 2013 when we can all celebrate his legacy at the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards!