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Community Media Workshop
at Columbia College
600 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Tel: 312-369-6400
Fax: 312-369-6404
Email: cmw@newstips.org
Website: www.communitymediaworkshop.org

 

If you would like to visit us at our office, attend a training or pick up resources, you can find us here:
218 S Wabash, 7th Floor
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OTHER WEBSITES:

www.newstips.org Local reports and newstips from Curtis Black

www.communitymediaworkshop.org/npcommunicator The official blog of the Community Media Workshop by Workshop staff and guest experts in the field.

www.chicagomediaguide.org Our online media guide directory of media contacts across Chicago and the Midwest.

www.chicagoistheworld.org Website of our Ethnic Media Project and Radio Program on WHPK 88.5. Includes local stories, resources and blog posts by Steve Franklin and the We Are Not Alone campaign.

www.communitynewsproject.org Stories curated from the Local Reporting Initiative with the Chicago Community Trust.

www.communitymediaworkshop.org/newnews The 2009 and 2010 New News Reports commissioned by the Chicago Community Trust.

We’d love to hear from you! We offer training, one-on-one coaching for nonprofits, and produce Chicago’s very own Getting on the Air, Online & into Print Media Guide, a listing of news outlets and journalists across the Chicago area and beyond.

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Thom Clark, President, 312-369-6401, @thomnewstips
Nora Ferrell, Vice President, 312-369-7722, @noraferrell
Demetrio P. Maguigad, New Media Manager, 312-369-7499, @dmaguigad
Steve Franklin, Ethnic Media Project Director, 312-369-7782
Diana Pando, Senior Trainer, 312-369-7783, @dianapando
Maggie Walker, Executive Assistant, 312-369-6402
Marissa Wasseluk, New Media Associate, 312-369-6407, @marissapaige
Curtis Black, Newstips Editor, 312-369-7783, @chicagonewstips

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