This workshop is being held at the 2019 ACM-NE Conference & Trade Show in Portland, Maine at The Westin Portland Harborview.

To register, visit this website here!

Workshop Description: Are you looking to launch your own newsroom at your community media center? Maybe you have already done so but are interested in learning how others are doing reporting, collaborations, compelling production and distribution? This panel will give a glimpse of several different community-based news efforts and will end with a discussion about different models and how to jump-start a hyperlocal news effort at your center.

Panelists:

-Nick Schroeder, Bangor Daily News staff writer
-Chris Faraone, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
-Frederique Rigoulot, News Director, Belmont Journal
-Jane Peters, Training & Education Coordinator, Belmont Media Center
-Andrew McKeever, News Director at GNAT-TV (moderator)