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05/24/2018
Between Coasts Forum elevates journalism’s underreported stories in the heartland
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and Denison University recently hosted an innovative workshop for a select group of local and national journalists to strategize how to champion underreported stories and get them before a larger audience.
The Between Coasts Forum gathered reporters, writers, producers, photographers and editors from the two coasts and everywhere in between to discuss new coverage strategies and counter the narrative that the media are missing the story in the heartland.
“Between Coasts was not your typical news media workshop,” said Peter Slevin, associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, one of this year’s co-hosts. “By design, it was small, eclectic and full of people with energy and ideas. It was inspiring to see reporters, editors and filmmakers from Ohio and Montana, Colorado and New York, West Virginia and Illinois, trading smart thoughts about the most demanding moment for journalism in modern American history.
“The challenges facing local news, especially, are huge, but there is so much valuable work being done,” Slevin added. “We want to connect those great stories with the audiences near and far that most need to see them.”
