Westside Writing Project offers digital media workshops this fall
September 29, 2014
This fall the Westside Writing Project (WWP) will partner with Loyola University of Chicago’s (LUC) School of Communications (SoC) to offer a series of hands-on, digital media workshops for area students. Workshop sessions: Program Overview/Intro to WWP Saturday, October 11th 10:00 am-11:30 am This workshop will introduce students/parents/ school administrators to WWP. Research/News Literacy Saturday [...]
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Michelle Navarro: Our job is to always search and find the truth
July 23, 2014
Aspiring journalist Michelle Navarro of Solorio Academy High School shares a few news literacy tips: Always check your sources and do your research. “Our job is to always search and find the truth,” she says. Navarro also talks about her coverage of Latino health and process of interviewing community members this summer as part [...]
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Jovany Parra: Insights on Pasos al Futuro
July 23, 2014
Jovany Parra, a student at Highland Park High School, shares that he learned about teamwork and broadcast career prospects at this summer’s Pasos al Futuro program. For two weeks in June, students from Benito Juarez Community Academy, Solorio Academy High School, John F. Kennedy High School, Whitney Young and other local schools—and a few from schools in California—did the [...]
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Tomas Cortez: Making connections through news literacy
July 23, 2014
Tomas Cortez, a student at De La Salle Institute, learned how to interpret the news and how to make connections with people in the community at this summer’s Pasos al Futuro program. “Don’t be shy and you’ll be amazed the connections you’ll make with people you’d never connect to or thought you’d want to talk [...]
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Melany Castillo: The more you ask, the more you know!
July 23, 2014
As a participant in the 2014 Pasos al Futuro news literacy program, Melany Castillo, a student at Benito Juarez Community Academy, says she learned how to edit and come up with questions. The takeaway: Always replace fears with curiosity. “You always have to be curious,” Castillo says. “The more you ask the more you [...]
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