The San Diego Association of Black Journalists is sponsoring this media access workshop for nonprofit and grassroots organizations, but all are welcome.

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Reporters and protesters will discuss the media coverage of the Occupy San Diego protest that began on Oct. 7 and has continued outside City Hall daily since then. The local angles of this global story have occupied Twitter, TV, newspapers and the Internet for weeks, involving arrests, business closures, crackdowns on camping in the area. We explore how the coverage has unfolded and discuss the story’s practical and ethical issues.
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Whether you call panelists Joe Little from KGTV and Sharon Heilbrunn from The San Diego Union-Tribune backpack journalists or solo artists, this new(ish) breed of reporter does it all.
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Freelancers will have the chance to pitch their story ideas to editors of local news media outlets ranging from print and online. The format of the workshop, sponsored by the local chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, is similar to speed dating, in which editors will sit at tables as freelancers move from one editor to the next to pitch their story ideas in five minutes.
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