Webinars: Perspectives and Resources Amid Dual Pandemics
The Maynard Institute is offering a series of free, live webinars to its program alumni, members and the broader media community. These sessions feature an array of expertise, resources and discussions that aim to bolster inclusive coverage, and support the work of journalists of all backgrounds, amid the pandemic. These sessions are offered free of charge but if you find value in these resources, please donate any amount and automatically join our membership program.
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Belonging in the News: Part One with Nikole Hannah-Jones
One of the goals for the Vision25: Building Racial Equity in Newsrooms collaboration is to establish ‘institutions of belonging.’ The term describes actively anti-racist news organizations where journalists of color have a sense of agency and belonging in the newsroom. We believe that institutions of belonging are part of the solution to creating a diverse, equitable and trustworthy press.
So how can your news organization become an institution of belonging?
In the first episode of Belonging in the News, Martin G. Reynolds, event moderator and co-executive director of the Maynard Institute will discuss the answers with award-winning reporter for The New York Times Magazine and author of the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, who has worked in newsrooms where she felt agency and belonging, and also worked in newsrooms where she was strongly discouraged from reporting on race in America.
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The Online News Association, OpenNews and the Maynard Institute have come together to create Vision25: Building Racial Equity in Newsrooms, a catalyst in a social change movement that seeks to build journalistic institutions where newsrooms are actively anti-racist and collaborative, and journalists of color feel like they truly belong. Learn more here.
Past – Exploring innovative business development initiatives in media
“Aside from polishing content, the most important thing is being able to tell the audience what you are doing…really explaining to the community what [your] mission is and being clear about [your] values, principles and ways of functioning…[in order] to garner the trust of your community and galvanize their desire to support you.”
Alec Saelens capped the insightful webinar with MIJE alumni and network members he led last Oct. 15 focused on media entrepreneurship and sustainability, with this point. It was the latest collaboration of MIJE and
Solutions Journalism Network.
Alec manages SJN’s revenue project and led this all-teach, all-learn session, alongside featured speaker, Tasneem Raja, editor-in-chief of The Oaklandside. It’s a new nonprofit newsroom serving Oakland, California that amplifies community voices, shares information resources, and investigates systems, not just symptoms
Moderated by MIJE’s Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, the digital session explored innovative business development initiatives in the media industry in the context of some of today’s most pressing challenges.
For more information about this MIJE-SJN webinar, please contact Odette @ okeeley@mije.org.
Past — IRE20: Watchdog from Home 2020 Virtual Conference, Tapping the power of ethnic media in America’s coverage of racial equity
‘’Ethnic media’s superpower is context. Their direct gaze as part of their communities deepens the coverage of America’s racial reckoning,” stated moderator Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, who opened MIJE’s insightful and well attended ethnic media dialogue at the IRE virtual conference.
Panelists: Mark Trahant, Editor, Indian Country Today; Cheryl Smith, Publisher, Messenger News Group; Khanstoshea Zingapan, Founder, Black Zebra; Maria Bastidas, VP of Digital Content, Mundo Hispanico with Maynard Institute’s Odette Alcazaren-Keeley as moderator.
Read the summary and tipsheet.
Past — The Bureau for Investigative Journalism Local, Decolonising News: Confronting Journalism’s Role in Systemic Racism
As journalists, we operate in an industry that’s overwhelmingly white. It’s not enough for us to simply report on racism once in a while. We have to be prepared to look and think deeply, and understand our own roles in creating and sustaining racism in our industry and society at large.
That’s what we’ll be doing in our Open Newsroom on Thursday 3rd September at 1pm, “Decolonising News: Confronting journalism’s role in systemic racism”.
We’ll be hearing from a brilliant panel of guests:
- Hannah Ajala: Journalist and Founder of We are Black Journos
- Marverine Duffy (née Cole): Journalist, Broadcaster and Director of undergraduate journalism courses at Birmingham City University
- Martin Reynolds: Co-Executive Director at the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
They’ll be explaining the realities of racism in newsrooms, the negative impact racism has on journalism, and how outdated news values and approaches create and sustain racism.
Together we’ll explore concrete actions that journalists and organisations can take, to help drive anti-racism work in our own newsrooms and wider society, and build a roadmap to change.
Past: How to Build a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy that Shifts Systemic Biases and Strengthens Your Organization
How to Build a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy that Shifts Systemic Biases and Strengthens Your Organization
This invitation-only webinar for broadcast leadership was hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters and focused on using organizational influence to move DEI beyond reactionary tactics into systemic change. Panelists included: Martin Reynolds, Co-Executive Director, The Maynard Institute; Andrés Tapia, Global Diversity & Inclusion Solutions Leader for Korn Ferry; Danyelle Wright, Chief Diversity Officer, EW Scripps Company
Watch the recording here.
Past: Newsrewired Conference by Journalism.co.uk–Thursday, July 2, 2020
Newsrewired Conference 2020: Martin Reynolds Closing Address
Martin appeared as the final speaker in the four-day Newsrewired conference by Journalism.co.uk, a UK-based news site dedicated to examining digital news practices. Our co-executive director implored the largely European speakers and audience not to focus just on diverse hiring practices, but antiracist coverage and editorial strategy.
Past: Institute for Nonprofit News — Tuesday, June 16, 2020
How are You Going to Meet the Moment: A Call for Journalistic Action
Co-Executive Director, Martin Reynolds appeared on June 16 as the keynote speaker for the Institute for Nonprofit News conference, INN at Home. Martin called on journalists to “repair their craft” in reference to the systemic racism that permeates mainstream media organizations.
Past: Knight Foundation–Monday , June 15, 2020
A Moment of Reckoning: How Journalism Can Begin to Dismantle Its Systems of Racism
The inaugural episode of Informed & Engaged, a new weekly Knight show on the ideas and solutions impacting the media landscape, kicked off with a conversation that meets the moment but remains long overdue.
This program takes a hard look at journalism and how it has been complicit in upholding systemic racism. Martin Reynolds, co-executive director of the Maynard Institute, will talk with S. Mitra Kalita, the senior vice president of news, opinion and programming at CNN Digital, and Sara Lomax-Reese, president and CEO of WURD Radio, one of the few black-owned talk radio stations in the country.
Past–Ethnic Media Dialogue: Covering Racial Injustice Protests and COVID-19
MIJE moderators Maynard 200 director Odette Alcazaren-Keeley and co-executive director Martin G. Reynolds had a virtual conversation with ethnic media journalists on their coverage of the racial prejudice experience and systemic inequities impacting African-American, Chinese, Latino and Filipino communities, once again brought into focus by the killing of George Floyd, nationwide protests for change and COVID-19.
Read a full summary by Aaron Glantz, senior reporter at Reveal and the track-executive-in-residence for Storytelling, for the Maynard 200 journalism fellowship program.
Wednesday, June 10, 9:30am PST / 12:30pm ET
Covering Unrest: When Journalists of Color Become the Target
Journalists have been arrested, shot with rubber bullets, and sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray as protests have engulfed the nation. In this webinar, cosponsored by the Center for Health Journalism, the Maynard Institute, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, panelists took a deeper look at how to stay safe and cope with physical and mental health risks of covering protests.
Past–Wednesday, June 4, 11am PST / 2pm ET
Creating an inclusive newsroom during COVID-19
The Maynard Institute and IRE invite you to a best practices webinar to discuss the push for more inclusive newsrooms. The panel will feature three distinguished journalists; Maria Carillo (Tampa Bay Times), Julia B. Chan (KQED News), Matt Thompson (Reveal/Center for Investigative Reporting). Martin Reynolds of the Maynard Institute and Francisco Vara-Orta of IRE will moderate.
Recording here: https://vimeo.com/427115070/cf8b980063
Past–Thursday, May 14, 11am PST / 2pm ET
Mastering the Art of Online Presentations
In this interactive session, speaker coach and author Tom Nixon will share strategies for more compelling online interviews, presentations and pitches. He’ll take questions with MIJE’s Odette Alcazaren-Keeley as moderator to discuss:
- Basic equipment necessary to be at your best
- Presentation skills and techniques that work online and on-camera
- Structuring your content for maximum engagement in a virtual setting
- Becoming confident and professional on-camera
Please register here to attend.
Past–Wednesday, May 6, 11am PST / 2pm ET
Best Practices: Maintaining momentum for newsroom diversity
Maynard Institute diversity trainer, Jean Marie Brown and editor in chief of Type Investigations, Mark Rochester, will lead a conversation about the importance of having diverse reporters and editors as newsrooms develop current and post-coronavirus coverage. They will be joined by Alissa Figueroa, senior editor and producer at Type Investigations, and Kat Stafford, the national race and ethnicity writer at The Associated Press.
Register here to attend.
Past — Tuesday, April 28, 10am PST/1pm ET
Coronavirus Coverage Best Practices: Class with Louis Aguilar
Senior reporter for BridgeDetroit, Louis Aguilar, discusses his coverage of COVID19 with Maynard Institute Table Stakes Coordinator, Felecia D. Henderson.
If you would like to attend the webinar please register here to receive a Zoom link. We will be limited to 100 attendees of the webinar. There is no cost to attend, but if you find value in our resources, please consider donating.
Past — Tuesday, April 21st, 12pm PST
Resilience and Resourcing in Challenging Times
“We can’t change these external circumstances, but we can change our reaction to these stressors.”
Nicholas Whitaker, our featured speaker and the Strategic Partner Lead, News & Local Media at Google, shared strategies for media professionals seeking resilience and mindfulness, amid the coverage and contexts of the global pandemic.
In conversation with Maynard 200 Director Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, he also discussed frameworks and tool kits to help journalists effectively respond to and lead in adversity.
For more information about the Maynard 200 journalism fellowship program or this webinar, please contact Odette at okeeley@mije.org.
Best Practices: Race and COVID-19 with John Eligon
“Is there any truth in the narrative circulating that communities of color are resistant to social distancing?”
The NY Times key race reporter, John Eligon, responded candidly to the questions posed by Maynard Institute Fault Lines Coach Jean Marie Brown regarding his coverage of COVID-19. Eligon concluded the hour-long session by sharing how he had been personally impacted by pursuing coronavirus stories across the nation.
Past — Friday, April 3rd, 9:30am PST:
Solutions Journalism 101: Covering the Coronavirus Outbreak
MIJE partnered with Solutions Journalism Network, which presented a webinar on April 3, on covering the COVID-19 pandemic. Fellows and alumni of the Maynard Institute’s Maynard 200 and Oakland Voices programs attended and shared their own coverage of the public health crisis.
The session: ‘Solutions Journalism 101: Covering the Coronavirus Outbreak’ was designed for journalists with varying levels of familiarity with the solutions journalism framework, and want to learn to use it in covering the pandemic.
Speakers Sarah Gustavus, Mountain West Region manager and Michelle Faust Raghavan, West Coast Region manager, both from SJN, discussed the 4 pillars of this framework: response, evidence, limitations and insights. Solutions journalism is defined as “rigorous, evidence-based reporting on responses to social problems.”
The session was organized and moderated by Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, Maynard 200 Director.
For more information regarding the Maynard 200 journalism fellowship and this webinar contact Odette Alcazaren-Keeley at okeeley@mije.org.
If you value the work of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, please consider donating any amount, which will automatically enroll you in our membership program.
