The Poynter Institute is happy to announce the 16 journalists chosen for the celebrated Energy of Numerous Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Coloration, which was launched in 2017 and is considered one of Poynter’s best applications.
These journalists will meet Nov. 12-15 at Poynter in St. Petersburg, Florida, for 4 days of one-on-one teaching, small-group instruction and devoted writing time.
This system is led by longtime Poynter adjunct Tom Huang, Dallas Morning Information assistant managing editor for journalism initiatives. The aim of the seminar is to help journalists of colour within the technique of discovering and refining their voices whereas additionally constructing their talent at writing opinion items and private essays.
“The Energy of Numerous Voices seminar is my manner of serving to writers from all types of backgrounds to dig deeply and do the exhausting work of telling sincere tales from views solely they’ve,” Huang mentioned. “And I’m encouraging them to seek out their voice. And inspiring them to make use of their voice.”
Many award-winning essays, podcasts and different work originated or developed throughout this workshop. Lately, Harry Mok, assistant opinion editor on the San Francisco Chronicle and a graduate of Poynter’s 2021 workshop, earned AAJA’s Excellence in Commentary for his piece about belonging as an “Asian kid in a California farm town.” Ismael Pérez, one other 2021 alum and Chicago Solar-Instances editorial board member, gained first place this 12 months within the Society of Options Journalism Basic Commentary Portfolio class for his column “Living with an addict during the pandemic.”
Working with Huang can be a number of veteran journalists: Eric Deggans, TV critic, media analyst and visitor host for NPR; Fernanda Santos, managing editor of The nineteenth Information and Numerous Voices workshop alum; and Aisha Sultan, residence and household editor and columnist on the St. Louis Put up-Dispatch.
“In compelling us to jot down our private tales, Poynter’s Energy of Numerous Voices workshop corrected the lie that our opinions haven’t any place within the newsroom,” mentioned Juan Michael Porter II, senior editor at The Physique and a current program participant. “With out Poynter, I’d by no means have had the braveness to insert myself into the reporting course of — despite the fact that it was my story to inform.”
The latest cohort of the upcoming Energy of Numerous Voices workshop are:
- Denise Amos, deputy editor and columnist, CalMatters
- Alvin Buyinza, reporter, MassLive
- Adriana Cardona, immigration journalist, WBEZ
- Ashleé Clark, supervisor for progress, American Journalism Challenge
- Mirtha Donastorg, financial system and enterprise reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Structure
- Hoda Emam, freelance journalist and journalism lecturer, College of North Texas
- Aaron Foley, information editor for the New York Amsterdam Information and managing editor of Mannequin D
- Auditi Guha, Northwest Vermont and fairness reporter and editor, VTDigger
- Amani Hamed, freelance journalist and group engagement coordinator for The Maynard Institute for Journalism Schooling
- Kalpana Jain, senior editor , The Dialog US
- Taylor Jung, social justice reporter, NJ Highlight Information/NJ PBS
- Cecilia Lei, host and producer, KQED
- Elvia Malagon, reporter, Chicago Solar-Instances
- Macollvie Neel, particular initiatives and investigations editor, The Haitian Instances
- DeAsia Paige, tradition reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Structure
- Patricio Robayo, content material producer and information director, WJFF Radio Catskill
Funding for Energy of Numerous Voices comes from an endowment from the Affiliation of Opinion Journalists, which was merged with what’s now the Information Leaders Affiliation in 2016. Funding can also be supplied by the Gill Basis.
