Northern California Ethnic Media Hit the Classrooms

by New America Media

Fri, Mar 17, 2006 6:21AM

BERKELEY, Ca.– On March 11 representatives of more than 35 ethnic media outlets from Northern California switched roles as purveyors of news and educators to become students for a day, soaking up information on hot news topics and new multimedia and business techniques.

The all-day professional development seminar was held at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and was cosponsored by New America Media (NAM), the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) and UC Berkeley. More than 75 participants filled 14 workshops and media representatives traveled from as far as Bakersfield and Sacramento to attend the event. The event marked the second in a series of three created to build reporting and business skills for ethnic media members in California.

Workshops ranged on topics covering crime and justice to multimedia to school reform to marketing strategies. Each class was given by experts in their field. Speakers included award-winning journalists and filmmakers and immigration, health and education specialists.

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