Thadeus Greenson and journalists from The Citizen, Peralta Community College District’s student paper, lead a workshop on records-based reporting at JACC’s NorCal conference.
This month, FAC’s press education team got the chance to speak about protest coverage and public records with hundreds of student journalists from community colleges across the state. We were inspired by the enthusiasm and curiosity of student journalists representing dozens of California communities and were thrilled for the chance to help students understand their rights and offer tips for public records reporting.
At the Journalism Association of Community College’s Southern California Regional Conference, which was held at Cal State Northridge, I gave a training session on the California Public Records Act and moderated the keynote panel on protest coverage, featuring FAC Legal Director David Loy and Southern California News Group journalist Ryanne Mena.
Legal Director David Loy, Southern California News Group journalist Ryanne Mena and Press Education Specialist Paloma Esquivel presented the keynote panel on protest coverage at JACC’s SoCal conference.
Ryanne spoke powerfully about the experiences that led her to be a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for its treatment of journalists during protests in Los Angeles this summer. And David explained journalists’ rights while covering protests and offered guidance for students preparing to cover protests.
Thadeus Greenson moderates a panel on protest coverage featuring FAC Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Field, photojournalist Jose Fajardo and Contra Costa College journalism professor Annie Sciacca at the Journalism Association of Community College’s NorCal conference.
A couple weeks later, our team was at the Journalism Association of Community College’s Northern California Regional Conference at San Jose State University, where FAC press education specialist Thadeus Greenson led a workshop on records-based reporting with journalists from The Citizen, Peralta Community College District’s student paper. He also moderated a conversation on protest coverage featuring FAC Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Field, veteran photojournalist Jose Fajardo and freelance journalist and Contra Costa College journalism professor Annie Sciacca.
Supporting student and early-career journalists is a core part of the work that FAC’s press education team is doing and we’re looking forward to more of these events as we continue to build our education programs.
Want to bring a FAC team member to your campus, conference or classroom? Email us at education [at] firstamendmentcoalition.org.