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		<title>Compassion, class, and did we mention, style?</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/compassion-class-and-did-we-mention-style/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/compassion-class-and-did-we-mention-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Doster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Caputo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Kalven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Grossman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Kadner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studs Terkel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, March 10 Community Media Workshop honored three journalists who report on policy with compassion, class and style.]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for your support!</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/thanks-for-your-support/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/thanks-for-your-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all of our sponsors, volunteers and guests at our 21st Anniversary Studs Terkel Community Media Awards Benefit. We had a fabulous time with all of you!
We would like to congratulate again, this year&#8217;s winners Kate Grossman, Natalie Moore and Progress Illinois who have all demonstrated reporting the news from the &#8220;bottom up&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studs Terkel Community Media Awards</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/studs-terkel-community-media-awards-are-this-week/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/studs-terkel-community-media-awards-are-this-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[See you Wednesday night at the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards where we will toast the Sun-Times' Kate Grossman, Natalie Moore of WBEZ, and Progress Illinois! ]]></description>
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		<title>Our email server is back up! Hooray!</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/our-email-server-is-currently-down/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/our-email-server-is-currently-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our deep apologies for all of you trying to reach us via email today. Our income server at hostway.com was down for a few hours earlier today but we are now back up and running.
So you can now email us, send us your questions, ask us for some advice or just pass along some good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People to Pitch: Garrard McClendon, ChicagoLand Television, CLTV, and CLTV.com</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/people-to-pitch-garrard-mcclendon-chicagoland-television-cltv-and-cltv-com/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/03/people-to-pitch-garrard-mcclendon-chicagoland-television-cltv-and-cltv-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Rocket science is important, but what makes it interesting?” says Garrard McClendon, host of his own ChicagoLand TV show  Monday through Saturday for a half-hour at 6 and 9:30 p.m. McClendon uses every new-fangled new-media tool in the playbook, but says old-fashioned pitching tips still apply: be persistent, make sure your topic is newsworthy, and have a good answer for what makes your issue interesting.]]></description>
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		<title>Writing To Make The News</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/writing-to-make-the-news/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/writing-to-make-the-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alton Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing To Make The News
9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, March 18
$95 REGISTER
Learn the basics and more: how to write a press release, the difference between a media alert, news release, and pitch letter, and how to produce polished versions of all three. Along the way, Alton Miller, author, press secretary to the late Harold Washington, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Your Social Media To The Next Level</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/taking-your-social-media-to-the-next-level/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/taking-your-social-media-to-the-next-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Thurman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Media Workshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Take Social Media to the Next Level
9 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 4
218 S. Wabash &#8211; Rm 806
You have the Facebook page, you&#8217;re on Twitter, and you’re dabbling with many other social media platforms. Now, learn to use the tools to the max to tell your organization&#8217;s stories better and faster than you thought possible.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People to Pitch: Why Public Radio News Matters More Now</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/people-to-pitch-why-public-radio-news-matters-more-now/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/people-to-pitch-why-public-radio-news-matters-more-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Wheelhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerome Vaughn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamar Charney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WBEZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WDET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WUIS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With strong local &#038; national news and a connection to the community, public radio stations are among the best the places to pitch.]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Your Stories &#8211; Detroit  Postponed till summer</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/tell-your-stories-detroit-march-4/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/02/tell-your-stories-detroit-march-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARISE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Communications Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Nonprofit Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mott Foundtaion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitching nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tell Your Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TYS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Susan O'Halloran and Emily Culbertson lead workshops at ARISE Detroit March 4--plus a panel of area journalists! ]]></description>
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		<title>People to Pitch: Kathryn Born, Chicago Art Magazine</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/01/people-to-pitch-kathryn-born-chicago-art-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/01/people-to-pitch-kathryn-born-chicago-art-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Art Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Born]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kathryn Born not only wants news from Chicago's arts scene--she might even ask you to write about it yourself! Born produces Chicago Art Magazine, Chicago Art Collector, the Chicago Art Map, and a blog on Chicago Now. ]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Need To Know For Managers</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/01/social-media-need-to-know-for-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2010/01/social-media-need-to-know-for-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Culbertson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media Need To Know For Managers 
9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Feb. 17
What we need to know about social media changes all the time as nonprofits change how we use online tools and share. This workshop will help those who supervise work with external audiences as well as those doing it day to day [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Calendar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></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>Getting On Air, Online &amp; Into Print Free Training</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/getting-on-air-online-into-print-free-training/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/getting-on-air-online-into-print-free-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demetrio Maguigad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Guide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting On Air, Online &#38; Into Print
9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 12
Presented by Demetrio Maguigad, REGISTER
Learn to incorporate the 2010 Getting On Air, Online &#38; Into Print media guide into your communications plan as well as how to get the most from the digital portion of the guide, from installation to basic and advance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People to Pitch: Mark Pickering, Bloomington Pantagraph</title>
		<link>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/people-to-pitch-mark-pickering-bloomington-pantagraph/</link>
		<comments>http://communitymediaworkshop.org/2009/12/people-to-pitch-mark-pickering-bloomington-pantagraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People to Pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloomington Pantagraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Pickering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Pickering of the Bloomington Pantagraph spoke at length as part of a panel discussion about email vs. telephone pitching.]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[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>
		<category><![CDATA[media relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitching]]></category>

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		<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 assure your [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pitching]]></category>
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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 encouraged [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips for Nonprofits]]></category>
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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 gain [...]]]></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>
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		<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; or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Public Policy Issues Into the News Media: It&#8217;s Not Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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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