[Imc-newsroom] CMW eNotes: Nominate Terkel Winners & communications workshops

[Community Media Workshop]

>> NOMINATE CHICAGO-AREA JOURNALISTS <<

Now through January 12, we're
accepting suggestions for our Studs Terkel Media awardees. 

Terkel Awards
highlight journalists who take risks in covering social issues by offering
new or unusual perspectives on topics of general concern. The awards honor
journalists for going the extra mile in sourcing stories and thoughtful
treatment of context. The awards reward a body of work rather than a single
article or series, and go to journalists at any stage of their career.


Visit our Web site to nominate someone. Look over the list of past
winners and if your candidates are not there, let us know their names, 
where they work, and why they qualify.

Awards will be given at our benefit
Wednesday, March 28. Learn more
at:

http://www.newstips.org/interior.php?section=About+CMW&main_id=619

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Coming up at the Workshop...

>>
PROFESSIONAL MEDIA RELATIONS STARTS JANUARY 26 <<

"In lieu of birthday
gifts, 8-year-old asks pals for cash for charity," a headline in the
February Chicago Tribune ran. Justin Geer of World Relief, a global
evangelical nonprofit dedicated to helping refugees of war and natural
disasters, pitched that story. He learned how in Professional Media
Relations.

Find out how he did it in the 2007 PMR, five half-days from
Friday, Jan. 26 through Feb. 23. Participating organizations get a free
copy of Spin Works, the nonprofit PR handbook, and the 2007 "Getting on the
Air and Into Print" directory of area journalists. Learn more & register
at
http://www.newstips.org/register/index.php?section=Workshop&calendar_id=1


Look for more winter-spring workshops on our Web site in December!

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>> 2007 GETTING ON AIR &
INTO PRINT <<

Order the new edition of our media guide providing updated
information on reaching area journalists and contacts of Chicagoland
journalists for $80-book/$80 CD-ROM/$130 both (government & nonprofit
rates; for-profit costs slightly higher). Learn more or order at
http://www.newstips.org/cart/


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>> NEWSTIPS... <<

Find out
what local nonprofits are up to by checking out Newstips on our home page,
www.newstips.org. More thorough than a news release but shorter than a full
report, these tips provide area journalists with story ideas. Pitch
Newstips editor Curtis Black by emailing him at curtis at newstips.org.

Also,
check out the recent newstip, "Austin Youth Music Promotes HIV
Awareness."

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>> NEW AT
WWW.NEWSTIPS.ORG... <<

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.

Mike
Doyle, former Workshop trainee whose "7 Days at Minimum Wage" video-log,
vlog, and Chicago Carless blog have helped him win news coverage on-line
and in The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune, offers Seven Success
Strategies for Pitching to Bloggers. Check it out
at
http://www.newstips.org/interior.php?section=PR+Tips&main_id=686

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>> COMING UP ON CAN-TV... <<

EVERY
SATURDAY ON CHANNEL 21 AT 8 PM 
Community Media and You, featuring
community voices in an interview setting with host Thom Clark, president of
Community Media Workshop. Featured shows in the next two weeks
are:

Saturday, November 25 - Robert Fiedler of People's Music School talks
with Thom about his school's free classical music training.

Saturday,
December 2 - An advance look at the February city elections featuring
community leaders and the issues they want candidates to
discuss.

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>> "CITY VOICES,"
ON WNUA 95.5 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 6:30 am <<

Illinois Hunger Coalition
representatives discuss food insecurities with Thom
Clark.

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Other events around
town. . . 

>>NONPROFIT DAY AT CITIBANK, FRI., DEC. 1 <<

Citibank, Donors
Forum of Chicago, and Alliance for Nonprofit Management plan a day of
workshops, networking and panel discussions on Leadership Challenges and
Opportunities for Nonprofit Executives. Cost is $35, registration deadline
is Nov. 27. Download registration form at:
http://www.donorsforum.org/forms_pdf/nonprofitdayregistration.pdf.
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>> IMMIGRATION DEBATE,
8-9:30 AM THURS., DEC. 7<<

How the immigration debate affects us all is
the theme of this panel discussion, featuring: Bernarda Wong, Chinese
American Service League, on immigration policy and women; Sylvia Puente,
Metropolitan Chicago Initiative of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino
Studies, on state policy, and Carla Hill, Anti Defamation League, on
extremists in the anti-immigration movement. Linda Doyle, McDermott Will &
Emery's Labor & Employment Group, moderates. Sponsored by Chicago
Foundation for Women. Free, but RSVP by Dec. 1. Learn more and RSVP at:
https://www.cfw.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?&pid=397&srcid=777&srctid=1&er
id=131652

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>> MIDWEST ACADEMY
"SUPERVISORS OF ORGANIZERS" WORKSHOP, DEC. 6-8 <<

"Why is it that some
organizers seem to catch on naturally while others don't?" the longtime
organizers at Midwest Academy ask. "Is it genetic or somewhere along the
line was there a difference in the supervision they received?" Workshop
costs $400 for commuters (includes meals), $600 with lodging.


Thank you
for
reading!

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educators and media relations experts helping those doing vital work in
their community connect with the media and vice versa. We provide
workshops, an annual conference, a media guide, a journalists' tipsheet,
briefing papers, sources and sponsor the Studs Terkel Awards.

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Media Workshop 
at Columbia College Chicago
mail: 600 S. Michigan 
Chicago,
IL 60605 
312-344-6400
http://www.newstips.org

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