On this episode, Mark is joined by Bettina Chang, one of the co-founders and executive editorial director for City Bureau, a Chicago-based non-profit journalism lab that both covers the city and works with the community to produce impactful, equitable and publicly-responsive reporting
Bettina talked about the group and what led to its formation in 2015. She explained how they try to reimagine local news by teaching local residents how to document what happens in public meetings along with the creation of journalism fellowships awarded to a diverse group of aspiring journalists who report for larger media outlets.
She also explained how the group provides essential public information, including the creation of a Zine to help prisoners file appeals. And she shared technological developments like a bot that tracks government bills, along with the website HasMyAldermanBeenIndicted.com.
Bettina concluded by offering advice to journalists looking to take the kind of approach that City Bureau does and shared a journalism organization that she would like to salute.
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IMPORTANT LINKS
CityBureau.org
BettinaChang.com
City Bureau's Newmark School talk
Bettina's Ted Talk on Maslow's Pyramid, Fake News, and The Future of Journalism
University of Alabama professor Meredith Cummings on teaching, touring newsrooms, and journalism for children of all ages
Rabbi Hillel Goldberg on Running a Family-Owned Jewish Newspaper
Amjambo Africa: Georges Budagu Makoko & Kathreen Harrison On Covering The African Experience in Maine
The Forward Editor-In-Chief Jodi Rudoren on Covering All Aspects of Judaism
Journalism Teacher Alana Van Der Sluys On The Value of Journalism Education
Prism Editor-in-Chief Ashton Lattimore on How Her Newsroom Sees the World Differently
Siri Carpenter on The Open Notebook and Creating A Science Writers Community
Making Journalism History Accessible with Teri Finneman & Nick Hirshon of the AEJMC
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Bene Cipolla of Chalkbeat on Covering the Classroom
Becoming a Better News Consumer with Darragh Worland of the News Literacy Project
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Holly McCall of Tennessee Lookout on Covering A State With A Supermajority
Trusting News with Joy Mayer
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