The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has selected me from a competitive pool of North American candidates for a trip and journalism-educator training at Columbia University in Manhattan for June 2010.
See the announcement at The Dart Center web site.
Category: CCC/Truman/Uptown NEWS
News Reporting & Writing and Truman’s Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to chat with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast. Join high-caliber reporters visiting our school to share with the next generation of journalists-in-training.
Café Magazine editor-in-chief Alejandro Riera (above) speaks on March 18th about the magazine biz and magazine-style journalism.
Truman and Uptown received various mentions in the news recently, for having one of the worst elevated-train stations, one of the worst alleys near campus, and an all-around dangerous neighborhood.
FULL STORIES at “Dangerous neighborhoods: Nursing homes admit mentally ill felons,” Chicago Breaking News Center, November 30, 2009
and
“‘Blood Alley’ Still A Problem In Uptown,” Lake Effect News, December 1, 2009
and
“‘5 CTA stations the city could do without ,” A.V. Club Chicago, December 1, 2009
One CTA rider commented on the Wilson el’-stop that “It is a urine-soaked, dangerous, disgusting mess of a station. There is no accessibility for the handicapped and [it is] surrounded by vacant and abandoned CTA-owned storefronts. The sad part is, it is the station that connects to Truman College, so you would think the city would want it to be safe.”
FULL STORY at “And the crustiest CTA station is … ,” ChicagoNow.com, July 28, 2009
