Education is said to be the great equalizer — but not all education coverage is created equal.
Education reporters have witnessed and documented the pandemic’s enormous effects on students, parents, teachers, administrators, and their communities. With so many voices – and quickly changing policies going into the next academic year – how can an education reporter lift the voices of those most impacted?
In “Think Outside The Classroom: How to diversify education sources and the stories we tell,” a distinguished panel of veteran education reporters and editors will share their techniques for finding and shaping stories driven by the voices of those underrepresented in education coverage, including families of color, students with disabilities, rural residents, families experiencing homelessness, and others facing circumstances that impact their learning.
Registration is open for this virtual discussion, which will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. The Institute is offering this program at no cost thanks to a generous grant from the Gannett Foundation.
Participants will learn how to:
- Move from authority-driven sourcing and framing to community-driven sourcing and framing
- Avoid tokenism and stereotypes: Listen for and represent the truth between the extremes of success and despair in underrepresented communities
- Cover dailies and in-depth stories with sensitivity, respect, and completeness
Meet the panelists:
The program will be moderated by Kara Arundel, a K-12 education reporter for Industry Dive who has covered education locally and nationally.
If you have questions about this program, please email Beth Francesco, Institute senior director, at bfrancesco@press.org.
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Managers: End the week with a 'thank you'
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Advice from Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, shares the most common ways that managers can mess up difficult conversations.
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Let’s end the week by spreading a little appreciation to our teams. Thank your team today for collaborating with each other, keeping each other safe, and finding extra patience in the face of unexpected obstacles. Thank them for being available when it was difficult and for taking a break when they needed one. Thank them for looking inward at their blind spots and biases, and looking outward at what their community needs most right now. And know that we thank you for everything you’re doing to help others succeed.
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Registration is now open for this program, which will take place on Friday, July 23 at 11:30 a.m. The Institute is offering this program at no cost thanks to a generous grant from the Gannett Foundation.
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The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Foundation announced today that they will jointly award $57,049 in grants to journalists who plan to cover environmental justice.
The grantees and projects selected by the judges are:
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Agya Aning, Inside Climate News – How the historically Black community of Wedgewood in West Florida became surrounded by landfills ($4,400)
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Yvette Cabrera, Grist Magazine – How legacy lead contamination in soil poses a major threat to marginalized, poor, communities of color, focusing on the predominantly Latino city of Santa Ana, Calif. ($12,649)
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Tasmiha Khan – How Muslim Americans are fighting for climate justice, particularly in trying to prevent the construction of a pipeline by Enbridge Energy in Minnesota ($10,000)
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Shira Laucharoen, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism – How systemic racism and nativism create daily dangers to the health of East Somerville, Mass., residents ($10,000)
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Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press – How the principles of environmental justice, community input, and disproportionate impact are (and are not) included in the permit approval process ($10,000)
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Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – When to strengthen national and state drinking water standards by examining how nitrates in water (and their removal in some towns) are affecting people in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and farmworker communities in the Central Valley ($10,000)
“The work of these journalists will reveal the environmental consequences of longstanding inequities in communities across America,” said Julie Moos, Executive Director of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. “We anticipate it will also lead to greater accountability for creating the safe neighborhoods everyone deserves.”
“We are immensely grateful to the judges for their thoughtful deliberation,” said Sonni Efron, President and CEO of the National Press Foundation. “All of the applicants were impressive, with projects that we hope they will pursue, so that vulnerable populations in all U.S. communities may in future be protected from environmental harm.”
The Kozik Grants are funded by a 1991 gift from the late Dr. Franklin Kozik in honor of his deceased son Robert Kozik.
A second round of grants to support environmental justice reporting will be offered in early 2022.
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This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Holly Butcher Grant and Julie Moos. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.
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