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		<title>NPCommunicator Blog: All the tools you need to communicate your story&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2011/11/npcommunicator-blog-all-the-tools-you-need-to-communicate-your-story/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2011/11/npcommunicator-blog-all-the-tools-you-need-to-communicate-your-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out our latest blog post about all the tools you need to communicate your story! From our Press Release Generator, Submitting to Community Calendars to our very own Media Guide. Read more to find out what resources are available for FREE!]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago’s Most Reliable Media Guide is Now Online!</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2011/02/chicagos-most-reliable-media-guide-is-now-online/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2011/02/chicagos-most-reliable-media-guide-is-now-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting On Air, Online &#38; Into Print is now available online! Access a wealth of Chicago and Midwest media contacts anywhere online by visiting http://www.chicagomediaguide.org. Days passes with 100 record exports are now available for $45 and unlimited year passes are available for $495. Contact Maggie Walker at maggie@newstips.org for special discounts for previous subscribers.]]></description>
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		<title>Who’s a Journalist Now?</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/06/whos-a-journalist-now/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/06/whos-a-journalist-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Media Connections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Hanania]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From mainstream to multimedia, Ray Hanania works “both sides of the wall” Growing up on the Southside of Chicago prepared journalist Ray Hanania to wear many labels. His schoolyard detractors wouldn’t take “I’m American” for an answer. So, Hanania sought out his father’s advice. “Well, geesh, you know, don’t tell them your Palestinian. Tell ‘em [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Submit Your Events to Chicago Community News Calendars</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/01/submit-to-community-calendars/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/01/submit-to-community-calendars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people don't know that news sites often have "community calendars" where users can submit their own events or tips to be published on their site and in some cases featured in the day's news broadcast or news publication.]]></description>
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		<title>Submit Press Releases and Story Ideas</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/submit-press-releases-and-story-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/submit-press-releases-and-story-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s many ways to contact news outlets about news they can use. One way is through news outlets&#8217; websites. Submit press releases and media alerts to Chicago and other Midwest news outlets using the links below. A word of advice: Be selective when choosing news outlets to send your news too. Consider the geographic area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say What? Write a Media Relations Policy for Your Firm: Two dozen rules for responding to media queries</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/say-what-write-a-media-relations-policy-for-your-firm-two-dozen-rules-for-responding-to-media-queries-2/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/say-what-write-a-media-relations-policy-for-your-firm-two-dozen-rules-for-responding-to-media-queries-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips for Nonprofits]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communitymediaworkshop.org/?p=562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by David M. Freedman &#38; Janice E. Purtell All firms with more than one employee should have a clearly written media policy that spells out who in the organization may respond to media inquiries, what kinds of information can or should be released to reporters, and what information must be kept confidential. It&#8217;s important to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create a Press-Friendly Web Site</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/create-a-press-friendly-web-site/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/create-a-press-friendly-web-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Debbie Neville As the corporate Web site becomes a powerful communications center, public relations practitioners should make sure the site effectively supports the media relations function. Here are several strategies to ensure that reporters can easily find your site when they need information about your company, locate useful information within your site, and feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting with the Media and Public</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/connecting-with-the-media-and-public/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/connecting-with-the-media-and-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOW CAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS GET MEDIA ATTENTION DURING AN ELECTION YEAR? Given that news about various political campaigns will consume much of the media’s ink and air time during an election year, Kevin Lampe of Kurth Lampe, a public relations and political consulting firm based in Chicago, offers his advice on how nonprofit organizations can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Letters to the Editor</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/writing-letters-to-the-editor/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/writing-letters-to-the-editor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communitymediaworkshop.org/?p=553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by David M. Freedman It&#8217;s a respectable way to express your point of view and gain exposure in the marketplace. Writing a letter to the editor is a great way to (1) correct a mistake, misquote, or distortion in a recent news story; (2) illuminate one or both sides of a controversy involving your profession; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Public Policy Issues Into the News Media: It&#8217;s Not Easy</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/getting-public-policy-issues-into-the-news-media-its-not-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/getting-public-policy-issues-into-the-news-media-its-not-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communitymediaworkshop.org/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Media outlets are businesses just like any other. As a result, the media must provide stories that are important, detailed and interesting in order to maintain customers. For this reason, an important but potentially dull public policy story must take an arduous journey to get some form of media coverage. At a recent panel discussion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Vital Community News Into the Media Is Not Easy; Here&#8217;s How You Might Do It</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/getting-vital-community-news-into-the-media-is-not-easy-heres-how-you-might-do-it/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/getting-vital-community-news-into-the-media-is-not-easy-heres-how-you-might-do-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Antre on Flickr.com by Hank DeZutter Chicago is internationally famous as a &#8220;city of neighborhoods,&#8221; but its news media celebrate this identity more in theory than practice. Though Chicago has 76 coherent &#8220;community areas&#8221; and a few hundred identifiable &#8220;neighborhoods&#8221; within these areas, news and feature stories from and about these areas is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think Visually, Keep It Real, Be Patient by Alex Garcia</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/think-visually-keep-it-real-be-patient-by-alex-garcia/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/think-visually-keep-it-real-be-patient-by-alex-garcia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune Alex Garcia is an award-winning photojournalist covering real life in the Chicago area and other parts of the world for the Chicago Tribune since 1999. Before coming to Chicago, he worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He can be reached via email at agarcia@tribune.com. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitching tips and partnership plans for RadioArte &amp; Vocalo at Nuestros Medios</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/11/pitching-tips-and-partnership-plans-for-radioarte-vocalo-at-nuestros-medios/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/11/pitching-tips-and-partnership-plans-for-radioarte-vocalo-at-nuestros-medios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latino Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gerardo Cardenas of Contratiempo posed to our panel during a meet and greet that featured Gerardo with Tony Martinez of Telemundo Chicago, Fabiola Pomareda of La Raza, Teresa Puente from Chicanísima blog, and Tania Unzueta of RadioArte discussed nonprofit pitching tips and announced a collaboration between Vocalo and RadioArte at the Nuestros Medios Latino media meet and greet today.]]></description>
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		<title>Recording Power to the People</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/recording-power-to-the-people/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/recording-power-to-the-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As tools to record the world's sights and sounds drop in price,more people have the power in their pockets to show and tell intimate stories with a global audience.]]></description>
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		<title>Do unto others: The importance of respect in Media Relations</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/do-unto-others-the-importance-of-respect-in-media-relations/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/do-unto-others-the-importance-of-respect-in-media-relations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communitymediaworkshop.org/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They say you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and this colorful aphorism couldn't be any truer when it comes to media relations. This is a field built on collegial working relationships–not just relationships with reporters, but also with the organizations and officials that at various times we consider to be our allies or our opponents.]]></description>
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		<title>Say What? Write a Media Relations Policy for Your Firm: Two dozen rules for responding to media queries</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/say-what-write-a-media-relations-policy-for-your-firm-two-dozen-rules-for-responding-to-media-queries/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/say-what-write-a-media-relations-policy-for-your-firm-two-dozen-rules-for-responding-to-media-queries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communitymediaworkshop.org/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by David M. Freedman All firms with more than one employee should have a clearly written media policy that spells out who in the organization may respond to media inquiries, what kinds of information can or should be released to reporters, and what information must be kept confidential. It&#8217;s important to assure your employees that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Success Strategies for Pitching to Bloggers</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/seven-success-strategies-for-pitching-to-bloggers/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/seven-success-strategies-for-pitching-to-bloggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pitching a story to a blogger on the Internet is a different animal than pitching to a print or broadcast reporter. Unlike the "traditional" media world, on the blogosphere you don't get to leverage your verbal agility to establish a relationship with a reporter over the phone first, and then ask if they'd like to see your press release. And you certainly can't spam World Wide Web bloggers with a single, impersonal press release that you've already emailed to the whole wide world.]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Media Relations Tips for 2010</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/top-ten-media-relations-tips-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gordon Mayer, vice president Community Media Workshop 1. Make Your Own List Personalize this directory to make it work for you. Make sure to write your own notes in the margins and put your most important contacts in a personalized list—unless there are more than 50 of them, a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitch Your Story By Phone</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/pitch-your-story-by-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/pitch-your-story-by-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To get a story in the media, you can’t rely solely on the written word; you can’t merely send a fax or a press release. You also must “pitch” your stories through phone calls to selected editors and reporters.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips from the Experts: 2009 Making Media Connections Conference</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/tips-from-the-experts-2009-making-media-connections-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/09/tips-from-the-experts-2009-making-media-connections-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of tips from panels and break-out sessions at the June, 2009 Making Media Connections Conference. Highlights from experts in the field of nonprofit communications including bloggers, journalists, policy makers, PR preofessionals and more.]]></description>
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