Journalism
AlterNet reports on a Pew Study that shows that U.S. media is not doing a good job on health reporting. Original Pew Report can be... read more
High Country News, an environmental news source "for people who care about the West," occasionally tackles larger Western issues. They've just reviewed "Exodos/Exodo"-- a photo/essay... read more
Online network of ethnic citizen journalists in L.A. launches today, a project of New America Media and the Ford Foundation. read more
The Kaiser Media Internships Program, established in 1994, is an intensive 12-week summer internship for young journalists interested in specializing in health reporting, with a... Visit website
The story of Boubacar Bah, a Guinean tailor held in a New Jersey jail for overstaying his visa, is the story behind a controversial online... read more
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The goal of New Routes to Community Health was to improve the lives of new immigrants through media created for and by immigrants.
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Colleagues: I came across this training opportunity and thought it might be of interest to others who may be working with narrative .... details are... Visit website
The arrests this week of nearly 600 immigrant workers at a manufacturing plant in Laurel, Miss., are fueling a national debate over a federal system... read more
Inheriting the City examines five immigrant groups to disentangle the complicated question of how they are faring relative to native-born groups, and how achievement differs... read more
A recent De Moines Register article reported that scores of people from Somalia have arrived in Postville, Iowa to work at the Agriprocessors plant that... read more
New Press has announced the publication of Judith Adler Hellman's "The World of Mexican Migrants." In her groundbreaking book "Mexican Lives," Judith Adler Hellman profiled... read more
The Justice and Journalism Fund provides grants of $500 and $3000 to support independent journalists or those employed at new organizations to cover complex, multi-faceted... Visit website
According to this New York Times article “Diseases and disorders caused by dirty hands — like diarrhea — kill a child somewhere in the world... read more
I am an aspiring public radio producer and fiction writer living mostly on the East Coast of the United States. Born in Pakistan and multilingual,... Read More
The Society of Professional Journalists announced the recipients of its New America Award. First-place recipients are Karen Frillmann from WNYC, New York Public Radio and... read more
On Monday, May 12, Postville, a tiny town in Northeastern Iowa experienced the largest ICE raid in US history. 390 workers at North America’s largest... read more
Documentary producers are putting up clips from their film on YouTube to generate discussion and to inform their media making while it is in process.... read more
Radio Arte, media partner of Salud: Healing through the Arts, was awarded with the prestigious Studs Terkel Community Media Award this Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
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"In 2003, Hamdan received the Social Work Award for Distinguished Service from the National Association of Social Workers.
"Nothing is impossible in this life," she said.... read more
A video featuring clips from main stream news outlets that illustrate the fervor of the anti-immigration movement. The video shows what Latinos Progresando is struggling... View video
Doug McGill writes about his experience as a mainstream journalist working outside the newsroom and along with other journalists and meeting up with citizen journalists... read more
A program of the AL DIA Foundation, the Felix Varela Award for Excellence in Spanish-Language Journalism in the United States of America will recognize
the... read more
Our National Program Office team just completed the first leg on our national tour of grant sites, visiting the National Museum of Mexican Art with... read more
An Introduction to Citizen Media shows how everyday citizens across the world are increasingly using blogs, podcasts, online video, and digital photography to engage in... Visit website
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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