April 15 conference will help you
help your readers
How does legislative redistricting work? How does it impact your community? And how can journalists monitor and question the process, and then involve their readers in the conversation?
With the redistricting process affecting all of Illinois in 2011, the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association is working with the Citizen Advocacy Center to help journalists learn about the process and how to explain to readers why they should care.
Redistricting will be the focus of NINA’s Spring Conference April 15 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. This important issue will help shape communities for the next decade.
“Redistricting might seem like government gibberish, but it’s going to determine the kind of elected representation your community will receive,” said Wally Haas, NINA president. “Journalists need to understand this process and help educate their readers. It will be well worth your time to attend the conference.”
The morning’s main speaker is slated to be Terry Pastika, executive director and community lawyer for the Citizen Advocacy Center, based in Elmhurst. Pastika last spoke to NINA journalists in 2010 at a session about Illinois’ new Freedom of Information law.
NINA Spring Conference
Friday, April 15, 2011
Schedule:
8:45-9 a.m. Check-in
9 a.m. - noon Program
Where: Blackhawk Annex, lower floor of Holmes Student Center, NIU-DeKalb. MAP.
Cost: $15. Includes light breakfast.
Parking: Please park in the NIU visitor lot, off Lincoln Highway and Carroll Avenue. Cost is $5.
To register: Contact Jim Killam, 815-753-4239. Or, register online HERE:
Registration deadline is April 7. Payment may be made at the door.
help your readers
Register online HERE
How does legislative redistricting work? How does it impact your community? And how can journalists monitor and question the process, and then involve their readers in the conversation?
With the redistricting process affecting all of Illinois in 2011, the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association is working with the Citizen Advocacy Center to help journalists learn about the process and how to explain to readers why they should care.
Redistricting will be the focus of NINA’s Spring Conference April 15 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. This important issue will help shape communities for the next decade.
“Redistricting might seem like government gibberish, but it’s going to determine the kind of elected representation your community will receive,” said Wally Haas, NINA president. “Journalists need to understand this process and help educate their readers. It will be well worth your time to attend the conference.”
The morning’s main speaker is slated to be Terry Pastika, executive director and community lawyer for the Citizen Advocacy Center, based in Elmhurst. Pastika last spoke to NINA journalists in 2010 at a session about Illinois’ new Freedom of Information law.
NINA Spring Conference
Friday, April 15, 2011
Schedule:
8:45-9 a.m. Check-in
9 a.m. - noon Program
Where: Blackhawk Annex, lower floor of Holmes Student Center, NIU-DeKalb. MAP.
Cost: $15. Includes light breakfast.
Parking: Please park in the NIU visitor lot, off Lincoln Highway and Carroll Avenue. Cost is $5.
To register: Contact Jim Killam, 815-753-4239. Or, register online HERE:
Registration deadline is April 7. Payment may be made at the door.
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