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COMMUNITY WORKSHOPSouth LA & Global City
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Introductions
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Attendance.Punctuality. Communication.
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What is community reporting?
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Community reporting is...
❏ Authentically reflecting the voices and experiences of people within a community.
❏ Useful to the community - journalism is a service
❏ Participating in conversations being had within the community
❏ More than demographics, geography, identity, institutions, etc.
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How to find [dig] & develop stories?
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How to find [dig] & develop stories?
Embed yourself❏ Have lunch and or hang with friends in
your community
❏ Participate in community groups on and offline
❏ Know influencers on and offline
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Common practice ❏ Identify yourself
❏ Always get interviewee info:❏ Full name and how to spell it❏ Contact information❏ Age❏ Year and major - if applicable
❏ General practice: Try not to offer anonymity
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Common practice continued ❏ When pitching a story
❏ What is a story? ❏ Meet the audience where they are - even a simple live tweet
should be editorially strong
❏ When telling a story ❏ Accuracy, fairness, transparency ❏ Be persistent❏ Mistakes and corrections ❏ Don’t be afraid to question everything, but also LISTEN
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❏ What’s the point of your story?❏ What’s your headline?❏ Brief description of story w/ location and timeliness
❏ Why is this relevant to our audience?
❏ Who are the people that are essential to the story?
❏ What elements will you gather?
❏ What research have you done and who have you talked to?
❏ Format (can change)
❏ Link (sources) & Related hashtags (if any)
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Common pitfallsAvoid❏ Ego - Journalists aren’t the heroes
❏ Preconceived notions/bias
❏ Reinforcing stereotypes by playing on words, phrases, descriptions used in mainstream media
❏ Don’t allow other reporting to dictate your descriptives of people and places
❏ Editorializing
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Don’t be that journalist who...❏ Thinks this is just an assignment - Be part of
the community
❏ Tells the same story as past journalists have told at Annenberg Media, but adds no new layers
❏ Who competes with others on your team - sharing is caring. We are all on the same team for truth.
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Don’t be that journalist who...❏ Who feels the need to insert themselves into
the story. ❏ Not everything is about you
❏ Think critically about the story and the community before inserting yourself into the narrative. ❏ Does this story benefit from a stand
up? Or first person narrative?
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Troubleshooting a story❏ Call your editors
❏ If an editor isn’t available, call a fellow
❏ Be prepared to pivot - What’s your plan B?
❏ Trust your gut. When in doubt, ASK!
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Ethics and Principles
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Thoughtful Language
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Reporting safety
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The magic ingredients to any story regardless of platform or storytelling style: Ethics and editorial strength