NPR's Cheryl Corley Talks About Covering Katrina Feb 28 in Chicago
The Party’s Over, The Struggle Continues: Covering Hurricane Katrina
When: 5:45 p.m., February 28
Where: Columbia College, 33 E. Congress Pkway, Rm. C-219, Chicago
Cost: Free for members, $10 for the public (To arrange a student discount, contact Kelly Kleiman) RSVP: Kelly Kleiman at -email-
Hurricane Katrina’s story is about practically everything — changing weather patterns, government’s proper role in disaster relief, loss of cultural heritage, racism, charity, accountability, corruption — and Cheryl Corley of National Public Radio has been covering it all.
Cheryl Corley is a reporter at NPR’s Chicago bureau covering issues and events from Ohio to South Dakota. In addition to covering disasters, Cheryl has reported on politics, the trial and demise of accounting firm Arthur Andersen, the battle over the death penalty and she has a specific interest in housing-related stories. Cheryl has produced arts and human-interest features. Prior to joining NPR, Cheryl was the news director at Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ) where she supervised an award-winning team of reporters. Cheryl has received awards for her work from the National Association of Black Journalists, the Associated Press, the Public Radio News Directors Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. She also has received the Community Media Workshop’s Studs Terkel Award for excellence in reporting on Chicago’s diverse communities and a Herman Kogan Award for reporting on immigration issues. A Chicago native, Cheryl graduated from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, with a B.A. cum laude and is now a Bradley University trustee. And she happens to be the vice-president for broadcast of AWJ-Chicago.
More info: AWJChicago.org(Thanks, Karen Kring for the heads-up.)
2006 IPPA Conference speakers and judges announced
Thanks to Scott Strazzante for rounding up a fantastic panel of speakers and judges for our annual conference.
• Samantha Appleton — Freelance (Time, The New Yorker, etc.)
• Todd Heisler — Rocky Mountain News (Pulitzer winner)
• Jack Gruber — USA Today
• Sue Morrow — Sacramento Bee
Samantha Appleton & Todd Heisler are also alumni of the former Copley Chicago newspaper chain. It’s been 10 years since the changeover, and part of the conference will be an unofficial reunion for the photographers that worked there in the 1990s.
The conference is April 7-8 at Northwestern University. Admission is free for people who enter the iBOP contest. More details to come.