An enthusiastic Workshop congratulations goes to Devin Katayama (pictured left), who wins this year’s Studs Terkel Scholarship. Katayama recently received his graduate degree in journalism from Columbia College. His thesis project, “Raising Abel,” a radio story about homeless youth, demonstrates an extraordinary zeal for storytelling, and, in his professor’s words, “… [I]s in the tradition of Studs Terkel’s focus on giving voice to the voiceless through the medium of radio.”
Clark knows the work of the journalists he’s honoring — not simply the one or two nice pieces that can be excavated from any pile of drivel to snow a judge but the full body of work. He’s finicky and sentimental. He likes to hail long, distinguished careers and to sing the praises of community journalists previously unsung. As community journalists work in trenches where few flowers grow, there’s a rich supply of those.
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.
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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…
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 »
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