Winter 2008 Workshops

Madison Commons Offers Winter Journalism Workshops

Madison Commons will offer a number of workshops to introduce residents to reporting and basic journalism principles. If you’re curious, engaged in neighborhood issues about which you’d like to raise awareness and encourage discussion, or love to write, you’re a great candidate for the Madison Commons workshops! Past participants have come to our workshops with a variety of backgrounds, interests and goals.

Introductory workshops are scheduled for the following dates and locations:

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The Villager Mall, Suite 1B (back of the Campus-Community Partnerships office), 2300 Villager Mall, South Park Street, Madison

Wednesday, March 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Sequoya Public Library

513 S. Midvale Boulevard

Madison

Madison Commons is a citizen journalism website designed to provide news and information about all of Madison's neighborhoods, and a crossroads for the discussion of community issues. The site includes stories written by people who have been trained through the Madison Commons workshops. We encourage workshop participants to continue writing for the Commons after their training. Visit the Commons online at http://www.madisoncommons.org

Our introductory workshops will focus on basic journalism principles, such as accuracy, fairness, and transparency. We’ll also touch on how to construct a story and share tips for fitting citizen journalism into your lives. The content will be the same for each workshop. Participants for the introductory workshops will be asked to complete at least one story for Madison Commons during the three-month period following completion of the workshop.

Workshops are free and open to the public. Space is limited and

pre-registration is required.

To register for one of the introductory workshops, please contact Cathy DeShano, Madison Commons managing editor, by e-mail, cldeshano@yahoo.com, or by phone at 237-1435.