About the Event:
The importance of community-based journalism has become increasingly apparent following this past year of pandemic restrictions, which came at a time of already diminished resources for local news coverage. Join CHF for a conversation featuring journalists covering their own communities. Representing a range of models for local reporting, they will discuss the unique roles journalists can play in sharing their neighbors’s stories and serving communal needs. Together, they offer a portrait of the challenges and opportunities for more inclusive and democratic reporting in our current moment.
This program is a part of CHF’s Chicago Neighborhood series.
- All CHF's virtual events have closed captions.
This program is presented in partnership with PEN America.
Maxwell Evans
Maxwell Evans covers numerous Southeast Side neighborhoods for Block Club Chicago, with a focus on Hyde Park, ...
Katie Prout
Katie Prout is a writer and workshop leader who lives in Chicago. Her work has been featured in the Chicago Reader...
Jacqueline Serrato
Jackie Serrato is a “barrio journalist” and Editor-in-Chief of South Side Weekly newspaper. She got her start ...
Bettina Chang
Bettina Chang is cofounder and editorial director at City Bureau, a nonprofit civic journalism lab based on Chicago&#...
Event Details
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