ONLY TWO-WEEKS LEFT!

What happens when your favorite reporter is no longer at the newspaper? How can you use social media effectively and save money on your communication campaigns? Find out at this year’s Making Media Connections Conference. Register Today!

Power House Panels
 
This year the conference has assembled panels to help you gain new insights from leading experts to strengthen your communication skills and get an edge on the shifting media landscape. Here is a sneak peek:
 
Metro News
Beats, city desk, assignment editors and more explained by some of the best in the business. Featuring: Tony Martinez, news director, Telemundo; Cate Cahan, WBEZ; Don Hayner, Chicago Sun-Times and Mark Jacob, Chicago Tribune.
Moderator: Valerie Denney

News Columnists
News columnists explain what they look for and how they craft their pieces. Featuring: Phil Kadner, South Town Star; Burt Constable, Daily Herald; Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune and Ben Goldberg, Huffington Post – Chicago.
Moderator: Laurie Glenn

Funding Communication In An Age of Austerity
In times of austerity, communication efforts are critical for your organization’s success, but they still cost money. Find out how to strengthen grant proposals to include communication plans. Featuring: Monica Chavez, Logan Square Neighborhood Association; Sunny Fischer, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Moderator: Laura Fletcher, Chicago Foundation For Women.

This session will be live-blogged, so remember to bring your laptop so you can follow along. See which other sessions will be live-blogged on Conference website http://communitymediaworkshop.org/mmc09/

Don’t miss out on these and other dynamic panels! Register Today!

And The Winner of our
FLIP Cam Raffle Is…

Leslie Piotrowski of the Lake County Health Department. Congrats to Leslie as she tells her organization’s story using video with her snazzy new FLIP Cam. Congratulations!

Meet The Funders - Social Media, The News and Us
In this closing roundtable from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 11 of the conference, we will be bringing you a brain trust of experts in an open conversation about the promise and peril of the new media, its impact on nonprofits and the work that nonprofit communicators do. Beginning with facilitated small group discussions featuring you as conference participants, the roundtable will conclude with a dialogue including Terry Mazany, Chicago Community Trust; Clark Bell, McCormick Foundation; Charles Benton, Benton Foundation and John S. Bracken, MacArthur Foundation. They will share, from a funder’s perspective, their point of view on the opportunities and challenges nonprofits will face with the changing media landscape in the age of social media. Register for the conference Today!

Making Media Connections Goes Green!
The Community Media Workshop is working towards making the conference as earth friendly as possible.

This year we are doing the following to accomplish this:

• Conference brochure printed on recycled paper
• Caterer will be using plates and forks made of potato starch
• We’re eliminating bottled water and opting for water coolers

Take Advantage of Making Media Connections Scholarships!
We are offering Conference scholarships to individuals from small organizations with budgets of $100,000 or less. Send your scholarship request via email to Maggie Walker, Community Media Workshop at maggie@newstips.org. Also keep in mind that if registering two people from your organization, the second person gets in for half-off.

See CMW At…
Union Communications: The Face and Voice of Labor
4 p.m., June 25 to 27 at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

The Workshop’s Gordon Meyer will be advising labor unions on how to improve websites and messaging, effectively communicate with reporters and bloggers and increase their web presence with podcasts, Flickr and social media. Costs $220. Contact Martha Kelley at 217-333-0980 or go to http://illinois.edu to learn more.

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So Long, “City Voices”
As yet another sign of the ever-changing media landscape, Chicago will no longer hear Smooth Jazz on Clear Chanel’s WNUA 95.5FM. The station recently switched to an all Spanish-speaking format. As a result, The Workshop’s public affairs radio program “City Voices” will no longer air. We are currently looking into broadcasting on the web and other public access stations. Read Phil Rosenthal’s Tribune article

“Community, Media and You”
Saturdays at 8 p.m. on CAN TV21
“Victory at Broadview, Success for Immigrant Rights?”
Hear about the win for immigrant detainees at Broadview Detention Center and if it will have any lasting impact on immigration reform. Watch on our videocast.

“End-of-the-Year CPS Assessment: Who Benefits from School Closings?”
Hear school reform groups rate CPS’ performance, Renaissance 2010 and discuss new state legislation pushing for a more accountable and transparent school system. Airs June 6. Watch the videocast.

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Get the Guide
In this rapidly changing media landscape, the Community Media Workshop is doing our best to stay in the know. In TV, radio, and print media, there have been countless changes in the form of staff promotions, layoffs, and retirements. Despite that, we are pleased to offer you the most comprehensive and biggest Media Guide ever, with over 100 new outlets and 650 more contacts included. The 18.2 edition of Getting on the Air, Online & Into Print, the directory of Chicago and Midwest journalists, is updated as of December 1, 2008.

Even so, we've kept track of any changes since then. Visit www.nonprofitcommunicators.ning.com/forum to get a peek into those updates.

Order YOURS today at www.newstips.org/cart

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People to Pitch, Javier Salas, host and producer for Univision Radio, AM 1200
Javier Salas, radio host and producer of “El Nuevo Día” has hosted the longest-running morning news show on AM 1200 since the show’s inception in 2001. Salas says they cover hot button issues with a Latino focus. Topics range from immigration and education to religious topics and worker’s rights.

When pitching stories, Salas advises nonprofits to include as much information as possible, including explicit contact information with the times of day contacts can be reached. He says to be specific on when to call because oftentimes they produce on the go, and don’t have much time before going on the air.

“El Nuevo Día” is simultaneously broadcasted on channel 60, Telefutura from 6 to 7 a.m. Javier also hosts the TV show.

Meet Javier at the Making Media Connections conference on June 10 and 11. He will be a panelist on Thursday’s Global Chicago break-out session. You can also pitch your story to Javier Salas at javiersalas@univisionradio.com.

By Workshop intern, Christopher Brinkerhoff

Find more outlets and peple to pitch from our 2009 Getting on the Air Online & Into Print Media Guide updated version 18.2.

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Latest from Newstips

Hungry for Justice
Five hunger strikers in the state capitol — demanding a state budget that increases revenues and protects the safety net — are being joined by new fast participants every day, until the legislative session ends (or a humane budget is passed). They’re backed by a coalition including Action Now, American Friends Service Committee, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and Organization of the Northeast, according to Michael McConnell of AFSC.
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Read latest Newstips | Read Newstips Blog

Newstips is a grassroots news service providing journalists with stories and sources from Chicago-area nonprofits and community organizations. Journalists can receive Newstips via email or subscribe to this RSS feed.

Nonprofits can send their press releases and stories to Curtis Black, Newstip Editor via email at curtis@newstips.org

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“War Rug”
6 to 9 p.m., Friday, June 19 at the Mars Gallery, 1139 W. Fulton Market
New media artist and poet Francesco Levato, director of the Poetry Center of Chicago, is releasing his short film, “War Rug.” The film is a mix of poetry, footage from the U.S. Army, FOIA documents and journal entries that explore life within war zones and areas of conflict.

Allied Media Conference
July 16 to 19 at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
The 11th annual AMC conference brings together activists from ethnically and politically diverse backgrounds, young people and creative media professionals for three days of panels focusing on social justice and creativity. Conference is kid-friendly. Prices vary, scholarships available. Housing available in dormitories. Registration encouraged. More info at http://alliedmediaconference.org/

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givezooks!
http://www.givezooks.com/
Givezooks! has created a one-stop-shop online marketplace where organizations, individuals, corporations and funders can come together to raise money for philanthropic causes. By joining the givezooks! community, your organization has an easily accessible web presence that funders and donors also in the network can find. The site offers free webinars on how to use givezooks! before you join.

Chicago is the World Radio
http://radio.chicagoistheworld.org/
Tune in tonight - and every Tuesday - to WHPK 88.5FM and hear the latest in popular music from around the world including right here in Chicago. The Workshop’s New Media Manager, Demetrio Maguigad, hosts the program, which airs from 5 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday and streams live at www.whpk.org. Demetrio is always looking for PSAs on cultural events and can be reached at Demetrio@newstips.org.

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