Impact Journalism: Boosting Enterprise Reporting on Children and Families

Lean newsrooms demand strong, efficient journalism skills and cutting-edge information to help prevent coverage gaps. Fellows got a jump-start on generating short- and long-term enterprise stories around five critical topics: education; child welfare and foster care; economics and working families; juveniles and crime; and emerging science in child and adolescent development. Fellows teased out trends and advances in each topic with leading experts. They also refined their multimedia storytelling skills with guidance from other accomplished journalists. Fellows left the conference with solid subject background and sources, reportable ideas and inspiration to get the job done.
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FELLOWS

Lynn Anderson, reporter, The Baltimore Sun
Gabrielle Banks, staff reporter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sandy Banks, staff writer, Los Angeles Times
Michelle Cole, reporter, politics/education, The (Portland) Oregonian
Wilma Consul,* freelance reporter/producer, Washington, D.C.
Rachel Dissell, youth reporter,The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
Rachel Dretzin, freelance producer, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edward Eveld, staff writer, The Kansas City Star
Lesli Foster,* reporter/anchor, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.
Emily Hanford, senior editor/producer, WUNC-FM, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Laura Heinauer, staff reporter, Austin American-Statesman
April Hunt, reporter, Orlando Sentinel
Rob Joesbury, assistant metro editor, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tina Kelley, metro reporter, The New York Times
Leanne Kleinmann, columnist, blogger, Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
Wendy Koch, reporter, USA Today
Elaine Korry, social policy reporter, National Public Radio
Susan Livio, staff writer, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
Mandy Locke, staff writer, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
Beth Macy, reporter, The Roanoke Times
Tram Mai, news anchor/reporter, KPNX-TV, Phoenix
Laurie Mason, staff reporter, Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, Pa.
Laura Meckler, staff reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Maureen O’Hagan, staff reporter, The Seattle Times
Tanya Ott, news director, WBHM-FM, Birmingham, Ala.
Penny Overton, reporter, The Hartford Courant
Rita Price, staff reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
Cindy Rodriguez, reporter, WNYC-FM, New York
Bonnie Miller Rubin, staff reporter, Chicago Tribune
Deborah Shelton, editorial writer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Donna St. George,* reporter, The Washington Post
Felicia Thomas-Lynn, urban affairs reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tom Watkins, news editor, CNN
*Denotes visiting fellow

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