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Telling the Stories of Faith and the Faithful (Los Angeles)

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Telling the Stories of Faith and the Faithful (Los Angeles)

Join us in Los Angeles for a one-day, in-person program to learn how to better cover faith and the faithful from any beat. Journalists will learn to diversify sources, consider various perspectives of faith, build trust with faith leaders, improve nuance in news coverage, and cultivate real relationships in communities of faith before news breaks.

April 18, 2023

Overview

  • The workshop is free and open to working journalists.
  • Journalists who are not religion reporters are encouraged to attend.
  • This event is sponsored by the Radiant Foundation through its Faith & Media Initiative.
  • The goal is to help journalists create, collaborate and reach broader audiences.
  • A continental breakfast, catered lunch and coffee service will be provided at no cost.
  • The deadline to apply is April 4.

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Learning Outcomes

Participants in this event will learn how to:

  • Identify faith communities and find connections within them.
  • Build source lists of people in faith-based communities and create interpersonal relationships before news breaks.
  • Think through how people of faith (leaders and/or believers) can be incorporated into everyday stories.
  • Foster conversation about how news stories centered on faith elements might be pitched for higher visibility.

$0.00

Application now closed

Overview

  • The workshop is free and open to working journalists.
  • Journalists who are not religion reporters are encouraged to attend.
  • This event is sponsored by the Radiant Foundation through its Faith & Media Initiative.
  • The goal is to help journalists create, collaborate and reach broader audiences.
  • A continental breakfast, catered lunch and coffee service will be provided at no cost.
  • The deadline to apply is April 4.

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In this one-day workshop, working journalists who want to improve and enhance their coverage and understanding of faith and faith communities will convene with experts and peers.

During a daylong series of speakers, panels and peer work, participants will:

  • Learn where and how to find faith communities in their coverage area.
  • Find connections within those communities to their leaders and citizens.
  • Learn how to build source lists and create relationships before news breaks.
  • Be encouraged to think through how people of faith (whether religious leaders or believers) can be incorporated into everyday stories.
  • Engage in conversation about how news stories centered on faith elements might be pitched for visibility.
  • Learn how to find experts who can speak on complex faith topics.
  • Understand the role of faith coverage to stakeholders, or those directly affected by your coverage, whether they are authorities or experts because of their lived experiences.
  • How to build a contact list that works to get the people you need, the best way to use it, and how to utilize it to open doors for your coverage.
  • What to focus on when reporting on faith and religion, especially considering the changing religious landscape.
  • Take away helpful lessons from current coverage of antisemitism, Islam, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other current examples.

Questions?

If you need assistance, email us at info@poynter.org.

This event will take place Tuesday, April 18,  at Hotel Per La, 649 S Olive St., in Los Angeles from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

9 a.m.: Coffee get-together with full breakfast

9:30 a.m.: Introduction/Overview

9:35 a.m.: Faith and You: Aly Colón, Knight Professor of Media Ethics

10 a.m.: Finding stakeholders: How to dig past those ‘usual suspects’ interviews, Terry Mattingly, GetReligion editor

11 a.m.: Creating Contacts,  Aleja Hertzler-McCain, NCR (National Catholic Reporter)

Noon: Lunch

1 p.m.: Covering Religion in a California context, Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service 

2 p.m.: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Team session.

3 p.m.: Panel: Q&A session with presenters.  

4 p.m.: Wrap up.

4:30 p.m.: Seminar ends.

This program is designed for working journalists — not just religion reporters, but writers, editors, photographers, videographers, producers and others who want a deeper understanding of how faith is among the most important forces shaping our communities. This event is designed to help journalists on day-to-day beats consider ways in which sources from faith communities can enhance, contextualize and ground their reporting on a variety of issues.

You should apply if you are curious about faith communities, interested in deepening your coverage no matter your beat. The deadline to apply is April 3.

Instructors

  • Aly Colón
    Journalist, educator and consultant
    For more than 30 years as a journalist, educator and consultant, Aly Colón has created seminars and conducted training that helped professional journalists find the...
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  • Aleja Hertzler-McCain
    Bertelsen editorial fellow at the National Catholic Reporter
    Aleja Hertzler-McCain is a Bertelsen editorial fellow at the National Catholic Reporter. Based in Mount Rainier, Maryland, she covers Catholic engagement with social and environmental issues...
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  • Terry Mattingly
    Founder of the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
    Terry Mattingly writes the nationally syndicated “On Religion” column for the Universal syndicate and is a senior fellow at the Overby Center at the University...
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  • Alejandra Molina
    National reporter covering Latinos and religion on the West Coast
    Alejandra Molina is a national reporter covering Latinos and religion on the West Coast. She is based in Los Angeles. Previously, she was a reporter...
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