Journalists and journalism teachers are invited to a Maynard Institute webinar on identifying and reporting on structural inequities in health and education.
The one-hour webinar will be broadcast on Wednesday, October 5, 2011at 3 p.m. Eastern time. The webinar is free. It is underwritten by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
The webinar instructors are Sally Lehrman, an award-winning reporter specializing in medicine and science policy and current journalism professor at the University of Santa Clara, and Venise Wagner, a former education reporter and current chair of the journalism department at San Francisco State University.
Reporters interested in going beyond everyday reporting on health and education will learn how to identify, research and analyze the far-reaching impacts of structural inequities. Lehrman and Wagner will discuss different story approaches and provide resources and tools.
To register, email Elisabeth Pinio at epinio@mije.org. You will receive a confirmation email and instructions for attending the webinar.