Journalism 101

Submitted by jessica lee on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 12:37pm
Short Description: 

The Journalism 101 workshop will briefly cover media analysis, media critique, how to write a news story, how to interview and how to do basic Internet research with the goal that workshop participants will be able to learn how to write their own news articles.

Presenters
Presenter One Name: 
Jessica Lee
Presenter One Info: 

Jessica Lee is the coordinator of The Indypendent, the leading alternative newspaper in New York City, which is published every three weeks on Fridays. For more than two years, Lee has helped coordinate the news section and the production and distribution of the largely volunteer newspaper. She has been involved in teaching the Basic Journalism workshop for three years.

Presenter Two Name: 
Mike Burke
Presenter Two Info: 

Mike Burke is a news producer at the TV and radio show Democracy Now!, based in New York City. Burke has been a contributor to The Indypendent since 2000.