The Community Media Workshop held the 22nd annual Studs Terkel Community Media Awards Wednesday night at the Chicago Cultural Center. Catalyst Chicago’s Founder Linda Lenz, Freelance Reporter Kari Lydersen, and the Chicago Tribune’s Antonio Olivo received awards for outstanding reporting on Chicago’s diverse communities and the people who live here.
Studs, long considered the Workshop’s patron saint, is missed. The 2007 event was the last time he was able to attend, and he passed away in 2008. The Workshop continues to host the Awards to remember the great work of Studs Terkel and to honor those journalists who follow in his footsteps. Last night, we honored Studs with a moving video about one of his most famous books “Working.” As Studs said, “I think everybody would like to be remembered.” Take a look.
In the spirit of the holiday season, here’s a short video about giving. This nonprofit staff person couldn’t contain her excitement when she received her awesome holiday gift.
Documentary producer Naomi Kothbauer attended the We are Not Alone / No Estamos Solos press conference on November 10, 2010. What resulted was a beautifully-done web video that captures the essence and asserts the goals of this anti-violence initiative.
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 you’re Syrian or Lebanese,” said his father. Imagine a time when it was okay to be Syrian or Lebanese, says Hanania.
Hanania returned to school, fearful of being beat up by taunting classmates, and offered the bullies this answer:
“Well, my dad said I’m cereal. But I think my mother is lesbian. I don’t know.”
Closing out this year’s Making Media Connections 2010, Hanania admitted he’s technically not a journalist, but he is “the face of the future.” As an award-winning freelance journalist who writes for 18 blogs, pens a column for several Arab news outlets, hosts a radio show, does comedy, and serves as the spokesperson for Cicero, Hanania said he has no desire to go back to working in mainstream media. Read the rest of this entry »
The recent televised beating death of a Fenger High School student stunned the nation. Olivia Sanchez of Project Vida talks about the incident and the effects that witnessing violence has on young women on Community, Media & You with Thom Clark.
HealthConnect One, a nonprofit focused on community-based support for pregnancy and parenting, launched their brand new blog this week “breathe. push. grow.” The goal of the blog is to start a dialogue around the growing model of peer-to-peer support for new families during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Led by the organization’s Communications Manage […]
The Grassroots Collaborative is offering visiting journalists bus tours of working-class neighborhoods struggling with violence, foreclosures, and clinic closings. […]
Sun’s up, blue skies. Running out to pick up flowers on Mother’s Day and what else? But then I’m snagged by Frances’ essay that I start and can’t s stop (read the prior post from her here) http://chicagoistheworld.org/2012/05/when-mother%E2%80%99s-day-goes-awry/ It’s about being a mother on mother’s day and the day’s meaning for a mother. And that […]
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