The National Association of Black Journalists did not hold
back on their workshops for day 3 and held a powerful plenary that happened at the end the afternoon.
Workshops
Investigate Like A Boss
The first workshop I attended for #NABJ18 day 3 was the
Investigate Like A Boss: Editors Explain How To Bulletproof Your Work workshop
where the panelists shared tips on how to verify and confirm any information
that comes our way.
Here are some tips I received about investigating a story:
- Interrogate The Story
- Before writing a story, think ‘Who G.A.S.?’—An acronym for ‘Who Gives A Sh*t?’
- Use data and make sure your stories are properly vetted
- Go straight to the source
- Be relentless
- Talk to everyone that’s a part of the story
- Hold the source(s) accountable; attribution
Step Ya Game Up
The workshop I attended after the investigation one was titled Innovative Mobile Tools To Step Up Your Mobile Journalism Game.
The panelists were just as amazing as the gadgets they presented.
The
panelists consisted of:
- Bill Anderson, FOX 29 Anchor Reporter
- Allison Davis, Producer/Writer for Coopty Productions
- Denise James, Reporter for Denise James Media
- Manuel Smith, WCAU/NBC 10 Assignment Editor
Smith shared apps to step up journalists' mobile journalism
game. He presented the Smart Recorder App, the Just Press Record App (which can
be synced to an Apple Watch), the We Transfer App, and the Adobe Photoshop
Express.
Anderson began presenting the tools he uses to MMJ his
segment for FOX 29 titled For Goodness Sake.
He presented tools such as Mevo, Beastgrip, iRig Pre, Go Pro
Hero 5, Sennheiser Wireless Mics, the LiveU App, and a tripod. He later showed
a video that was created based on the tools he presented to the audience.
Davis and James explained to the audience about a useful app
that any journalist can use to edit video on their smartphone called the Filmic
Pro and suggested using iMovie to edit footage as well.
Health Is Wealth
Most people know the saying, “Health is Wealth,” and the Health
in All Beats: Race, Place, Policy, Media workshop offered invaluable information
to the audience.
The panelists on the workshop discussed the connection
between discrimination and health and how it impacts the Black community. They also
shared how the role of the media can ignite change.
The panel consisted of:
- Lisa Braddiz, Director of Population Health and Health Equity
- Deray McKesson, Host of Pod Save The People
- Brian Smedley, Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity
- Nicholas Mukhtar, Founder of Healthy Detroit
- Gene Demby, Lead Blogger for NPR’s Code Switch
Here are resources journalists can use when reporting about health:
500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health
City Health Dashboard
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy & Civil Rights
I ended off day 3 by attending a thought-provoking discussion.
I attended the W.E.B. DuBois Plenary titled Dr. King’s Legacy: Civil Rights
Then & Now.
The plenary had guesst such as Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump
and Democratic Candidate for Governor of Georgia Stacey Abrams.
After the discussions from Crump and Abrams, authors and thought leaders
in Civil Rights such as Michael Eric Dyson and Rochelle Riley, etc. compared
and contrast past and present-day efforts to overcome social injustice.
That is all for me for day 3 of #NABJ18! Be sure to read day 2.
See you in day 4!
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