Cafe Society news literacy discussion: Talking about gun violence
August 10, 2014
A recent Café Society community discussion focuses on gun violence in Chicago and invites the community to analyze media reports covering the issue. On a mid-July morning, news teams gathered in front of a red brick building in West Garfield Park to report the shooting death of 11-year-old Shamiya Adams . Cameras panned the wall, pausing [...]
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Portal managers show marketing chops
July 11, 2014
In Chicago neighborhoods that operate one of the community portals supported by LISC Chicago, the portal managers have been aggressively recruiting new contributors through a curriculum framed around news literacy. Created as part of the McCormick Foundation’s Why News Matters program, the trainings start with analysis of what the mainstream media writes about the [...]
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August 4, 2013
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August 4, 2013
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Hello world!
April 9, 2013
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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