Covering California: Ethnic Media's Edge

As California's minorities become the majority, it's increasingly important for mainstream media to collaborate with the ethnic press. Join us as we meet with leaders of some of the Bay Area's top ethnic newsrooms for an in-depth conversation about the successes, challenges and hot issues in their newsrooms.

San Francisco Bay Area Journalists is pleased to present this meetup in cooperation with New America Media, the first and largest collaboration of ethnic news organizations in the U.S. Our special guests will be:

• Kwokshu Leung, producer of the Cantonese News at KTSF-TV;
• Vernon Whitmore, publisher of Globe Newspapers;
• Juan Gonzales, founder of El Tecolote;
• Guest Moderator: Kevin Weston, Director of New Media and Youth Communications, New America Media.

Host: SF Bay Area Journalist Organizer Tom Murphy, founder of Newswire21.org.
When/Where: 6-8 pm, Tuesday, Jan. 18, San Francisco Chronicle (5th & Mission St.)
Cost: $4 in advance through PayPal on SFBAJ site or $5 at the door.
MORE: http://www.meetup.com/SF-Journalists

San Francisco Bay Area Journalists is an independent group sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Co-sponsors include: the Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism; the Bay Area Black Journalists Association; New America Media; RedwoodAge.com and Newswire21.org.