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Social Justice Storytelling: Youth Journalism Workshop (ages 14-18)
September 16-October 7, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Saturdays (4 sessions)
925 SW Washington Street
Portland,
OR
97205
$150
In this workshop, we’ll learn journalistic storytelling techniques and explore how they can be used to cover social justice stories. Utilizing examples from local and national news, students will practice using journalistic storytelling and media literacy to more thoughtfully engage with social justice issues in their communities.
Access Program
We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing classes at a reduced rate.
Please apply here for access tuition rate. Contact Olivia Jones Hall at olivia@literary-arts.org if you have additional questions.
Bruce Poinsette
Bruce Poinsette (he/him) is a writer whose work is primarily based in the Portland Metro Area. A former reporter for the Skanner News Group, his writing has also appeared in the Oregonian, Street Roots, Oregon Humanities, and Eater PDX, as well as projects such as the Mercatus Collective and the Urban League of Portland’s State of Black Oregon 2015. He hosts the YouTube series “The Blacktastic Adventure: A Virtual Exploration of Oregon’s Black Diaspora” and “The Bruce Poinsette Show” on 96.7 The Numberz FM, Portland’s Black radio station. Poinsette also works with Respond to Racism LO, a grassroots anti-racism organization in his hometown of Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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