REGISTER NOW for Making Media Connections, June 9 & 10

If you’ve never attended the Making Media Connections conference one of the benefits of being an attendee is the relationship building that happens at the conference. You will be able to connect and expand your network with folks in the nonprofit sector and media.

Once you’ve registered for the conference you will get a special invite to our “Making Media Connections” Kick Off reception and vendor fair on Wed. June 9. Be the first to meet and greet nonprofit leaders and media movers and shakers over drinks and light snacks. Wait there’s more!

PLUS special book signings by:

Deanna Zandt, author of, “Share This: How You Will Change The World With Social Networking”

Jessica Clark, co-author of, “Beyond the Echo Chamber: How a Networked Progressive Media Can Reshape American Politics”

Tim Frick author of, “Return on Engagement: Content, Strategy and Design Techniques for Digital Marketing”

Our vendor fair offers the opportunity to discover communication tools to get your message across. Come by on June 10 from 3 to 6 p.m. to check out the vendors exhibiting at our conference.

Vendor Fair includes:  Amzo Zip Mailing Services, Chicago Access Network Television, Rush Powers Media, English Communication, Inc.,The WebFarm Inc., Wooded Isle Computer Consultants, Social IMPACT Research Center, Executive Service Corp. of Chicago, Association of Consultants to Nonprofits, Tweeting For Dollars Project, Careers In Nonprofits, Metro Chicago Information Center, Arte y Vida Chicago, Giftworks Fundraising Software

REGISTER TODAY AND GET CONNECTED!

Broadcasting: What’s new, what’s not
Thursday, June 9, 2010
Engage your audience by using the prime news source in America—TV. Panelists Shawn Campbell  (Chicago Independent Radio Project), Judie Garcia (WGN News), Mark Saxenmeyer (WFLD-TV Fox Chicago) and moderator: Raschanda Hall (Business Wire) will discuss how using visuals and sound can introduce your agency’s message to captive audiences. Discover the craft of visualizing your message for broadcast. Learn more

FREE — Making Media Connections Roundtable Discussion
The Chicago Community Trust’s Community News Matters initiative and Community Media Workshop invite you to a roundtable discussion from 3 to 5 p.m. June 10th at Columbia College’s Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor, 1104 South Wabash, Chicago. We’re all creating and reporting news and stories for and about our communities, our region, and beyond. Read more

Joanne Griffin of the BBC Radio 5 interviews Thom Clark, president of the Community Media Workshop. The audio segment includes excerpts from Studs’ very own archived interviews. Listen in…

 

 Interview with Thom Clark on BBC Radio 5 [25:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Read more about our Annual Studs Terkel Community Media Awards Benefit

We’re reaching out to ask Chicago’s online journalists to help with our second annual survey of Chicago’s online news ecosystem. Here’s the link.

Unlike last year’s survey and directory (available here) we will not be ranking sites this year–too complicated but it sure did get people’s attention, as we discussed last spring!

If you produce an online news site, we have 20 questions for you. If not, please help us spread the word. Read the rest of this entry »

Blast from the Past
Unique package of Chicago historical delight: family membership to the Chicago History Museum, Chicago by Studs Terkel and a photograph of Studs Terkel at his last Media Awards Benefit in 2007, pictured with the Chicago Tribune’s Eric Zorn and Mary Schmich. Photo signed by the Studs Terkel himself.  Estimated Value: $200. WINNER:  MARCY CURRAN Read the rest of this entry »