Learn to report on your community: Reporter Corps application deadline extended!

May 3, 2013 By 1 Comment


Alhambra Source Reporter Corps participant at KPCC-FM studios.

Alhambra Source Reporter Corps participant at KPCC-FM studios.

The application deadline for Reporter Corps has been extended to May 17.

Do you want to learn about reporting and multimedia production? Make a difference in your community? Get published?

Reporter Corps is accepting applicants for its first South LA program.

Program Details
Reporter Corps offers young adults (18-24) direct experience with digital news production, city government, fair representation, and storytelling. Reporters will also benefit from the journalistic resources at USC Annenberg. Reporter Corps members will be paired with professional mentors. Reporters’ work will appear in the community news website Intersections South LA (www.intersectionssouthla.org). Program runs summer 2013.

Application Requirements
Ideal applicants grew up or live in the South LA area, hold a high school diploma, and can commit to a minimum of 15 hours per week for three months. Training, mentorship, and a weekly stipend will be offered.

You don’t need to have a journalism background to be part of Reporter Corps, but you do need to have a strong sense of curiosity, desire to express yourself, and interest in improving your community.

A statement of interest and resume should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, May 17 via the application form here.

Contact
Jasmin Lopez, Coordinating Editor
[email protected]

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Christian Rap: Swag meets salvation

April 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment


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Makiah Green believes Christian rap should not be alternative music but the standard. (Photo by Maria Eubanks)

“Oh man, I went to a church, Pastor for Christ Movement, filled with young people, and in service, they would play these really cool rap songs. And so I would just start asking who is this, who is this, who is this,” said Green. “They had a DJ that would play during service, and I went up to him and he put a playlist on a flash drive. And that was the beginnings.” [Read more…]

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