Community Media Workshop » About the Community Media Workshop

About the Community Media Workshop

Anything I’ve been part of with Community Media Workshop has been relevant and practical and, dare I say, fun.

- Christina Bronsing, New Communities Program Director, Enlace

Since 1989 Community Media Workshop has worked to diversify the voices in news and public debates by providing a unique mix of communications coaching for grassroots, arts and other nonprofit organizations and sourcing grassroots and community news for journalists. Connecting the community with media, the Workshop promotes news that matters.

Connecting the community with media, the Workshop promotes news that matters.
READ MORE

We are communicators, journalists, producers, bloggers, event organizers and even musicians!
READ MORE

Our unique and diverse members of our Board of Directors.
READ MORE

Funding & Support

Making your giving go further! Support the Workshop through an in-kind donation and help other nonprofits tell their stories.

READ MORE

Not just funders, but our collaborators, partners and allies in helping build Chicago’s neighborhoods.

READ MORE

Read the real stories behind these nonprofit communicators and their path to success with the help from the Workshop.

READ MORE

Community Journalism Projects

A grassroots news service providing journalists with stories and sources from Chicago-area nonprofits and community organizations.

READ MORE

Insights, resources and training for Chicago’s emerging ethnic media landscape. Lead by award-winning journalist Steve Franklin.
READ MORE

Surveying Chicago’s Online News ecosystem in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust.

READ MORE

Resources & Services

For over 20 years we’ve provided nonprofit communicators their number one resource: Getting On Air, Online and Into Print. Availble now in print and online!
READ MORE

From helpful articles by bloggers, journalists and more to practical tools such as our online Press Alert Generator, we’ve provided the right tools to help nonprofits tell their story.
READ MORE

Not only do we provide ongoing training all year around, we also provide customized coaching and consulting for nonprofits.
READ MORE
*

*

*



*






RSS The Nonprofit Communicator

  • So, Your Boss Wants to Use Facebook… September 13, 2013
    Well, here’s a little Facebook 101 to get them started. Long gone are the days when Facebook was solely for personal use to keep in touch with classmates, friends and family. Now, many nonprofits, brands, and small businesses are using Facebook’s platform to reach their audience. Here at the Workshop, Facebook is a tool we […]The post So, Your Boss Wants to […]

RSS Newstips by Curtis Black

  • Low Wage Workers Forum, TONIGHT 2/11, 6 p.m. February 11, 2014
    The surge of groups speaking today for low wage workers is unprecedented in Chicago. What do they want? Who are they? What’s likely to happen? Tonight – Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. these workers, the groups that represent them, and the community organizations and others that are standing behind them will meet to discuss […]

RSS Chicago is the World

  • Working To Survive: low wage workers’ lament March 3, 2014
    By Dominique Jackson   Myrla Baldonado knows that her job is important for the families she serves. She cares for their children. Cleans their houses. Cooks their meals. But that is not how her employers see her. “We are viewed as unimportant and invaluable,” said Domestic Worker Organizer, Myrla Baldonado. Domestic Workers are fighting for […]

Community Partners:



CAN TV is a network that belongs to the people of Chicago. For updates on local programs, and live, timely coverage of community events, sign up at http://www.cantv.org