A Workshop participant pitches Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown
Prosperity starts with effective communications! For 20 years, Professional Media Relations (PMR) has been Community Media Workshop’s cornerstone training. This intensive training session is designed for nonprofit communicators to plan media campaigns. Over the course of five Fridays, you’ll learn from The Workshop’s own industry professionals basic public relations skills, how to develop a story, and will get the opportunity to pitch your story to journalists. The course includes one copy per organization of Getting On Air, Online, & Into Print, the indispensible media directory of Chicagoland media contacts. Register Today!
This training has helped numerous nonprofit communicators launch their media campaigns. Read Ingrid’s story about how PMR helped her get a story in the Chicago Sun-Times!
Community Media Workshop will give $2000 to a Columbia College student with the best Grassroots project.
Deadline for Applications is Feb. 4, 2011.
The award will be presented at the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards on March 9, 2011 – be sure to save the date!
What are the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards?
Louis B. “Studs” Terkel, the “patron saint” of Community Media Workshop from its founding in 1989, gracefully and graciously led these tributes to a special kind of Chicago journalism — the kind that, in the words of Salim Muwakkil at the March 2009 event, “is more important now than ever before.”
Presented annually, the Studs Terkel Media Awards honor outstanding media professionals for excellence in covering and reflecting Chicago’s diverse communities. Terkel Awards highlight reporters who take risks in covering social issues by offering new or unusual perspectives on topics of general concern, from housing to neighborhood safety and beyond. The awards reward a body of work rather than a single article or series, and go to journalists at any stage of their career.
We value your support, and hope you can join us this year.
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goodWorksconnect.org presents The Power of Stories
Anyone is welcome to join in these free online sessions hosted by goodWorksconnect.org and the Community Media Workshop. Simply register to become a member of goodWorksconnect.org, an online community space and virtual resource center for Illinois’ nonprofits.
The Power of Stories series
Wednesday, October 20, 10:00 to 11:00 am, Building a Communications Strategy
Online Discussion – facilitated by Thom Clark
Wednesday, October 27, 10:00 to 11:00 am, Know Your Message
Online Discussion – facilitated by Thom Clark
Tuesday, November 2, 10:00 to 11:15 am, Story Power
Webinar – facilitated by Sue O’Halloran
Powerful storytelling has the ability to captivate the media, potential funders and future members. Learn how to use the power of stories to move your target audiences to action through this online series. All sessions are FREE but you MUST participate in the online discussions to attend the Story Power Webinar. For more information, click here.
