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EXPERT ALERTS
- Creating, Building and Scaling Networks of Community Health Workers in Developing Geographies
- Resilience in the Face of Tragedy and Grief
- Pope Francis' Decision to Canonize Father Junipero Serra
- Should the Pope Open a Dialogue of Peace and Reconciliation With the LBGT Community?
- Design Plays Role in Fan Injuries, Deaths at Sports Facilities
- Building a Timeless Wardrobe
MEDIA JOBS
- News Editor – The Daily Sentinel (TX)
- Editor – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
- Crime and Justice Reporter – Lafayette Journal & Courier (IN)
OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES
- Media Training for Writers: Five Key Takeaways
- Media Insider: Writer Salaries, Virtual Reality Storytelling and Other Media News
- Media 411: Preparing for Your First Newsroom Job
EXPERT ALERTS:
Creating, Building and Scaling Networks of Community Health Workers in Developing Geographies
Molly Christiansen
Director of Impact and Advocacy
Living Goods
"Sustainable, impactful networks of community health workers are vital to deliver life-saving products and services to the doorsteps of the underserved. No child or family should be without basic life-saving medicines and access to health education when the solutions are available and affordable."
Based in San Francisco, Christiansen is an expert in how to create, build, and scale networks of community health workers in developing geographies. She has also directed community development programs for ProWorld in Peru and managed a rural sanitation program in Mexico. Living Goods Community Health Promoters are reducing under-5 mortality by 25% for under $2 per person served per year.
Website: www.livinggoods.org
Contact: Daniel Kessler, [email protected]
Resilience in the Face of Tragedy and Grief
Anthony Mancini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Pace University
"Trauma has positive effects on social relationships. It seems that stress motivates social connection and increases feelings of intimacy. Social relationships are a key element of healthy psychological functioning."
Mancini's research has shown that trauma can sometimes improve or heal pre-existing anxiety or depression. In his study of 368 female students at Virginia Tech who completed assessments on psychological well-being before and then three times in the year after the shootings, results revealed that some of the survivors who were struggling before were actually thriving after. The findings suggest that trauma can have the surprising effect of improving some people's psychological functioning by increasing their feelings of closeness with friends and family.
Mancini recently published an article in Clinical Psychological Science: "Can People Benefit From Acute Stress? Social Support, Psychological Improvement, and Resilience After the Virginia Tech Campus Shootings" (http://tinyurl.com/pbbfdcq).
Website: www.pace.edu
Contact: Cara Cea, [email protected]
Pope Francis' Decision to Canonize Father Junipero Serra
Jeffrey Burns
Director, Frances G. Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture
University of San Diego
"What we celebrate is a man burning with missionary zeal who loved and engaged the native peoples of California. We celebrate the contemporary native Californian Catholic community, who bear witness to this complex history and are, perhaps, Serra's greatest legacy."
Burns is a past director of the Academy of American Franciscan History, a research institute that studies the history of Franciscans in North and South America. He can provide a balanced and thoughtful look at Pope Francis' decision to canonize Father Junipero Serra.
Website: www.sandiego.edu/cctc
Contact: Liz Harman, [email protected]
Should the Pope Open a Dialogue of Peace and Reconciliation With the LBGT Community?
Angela D. Giampolo
Founder
PhillyGayLawyer.com, Giampolo Law Group
"When Pope Francis was Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, his stance on LGBT issues were regressive, to say the least. Bergoglio had described Argentina's 2010 same-sex marriage law, Latin America's first, as the work of the devil. His cathedral overlooked Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo, where for years the start of the Gay Pride parade would be met by staunch Catholic protesters who had to be kept separate by a line of police. Even President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner openly taunted Bergoglio for his stance on gay rights. This all changed when he was elected Pope. We all assumed that Pope Francis would be the same as Bergoglio, backwards on LGBT equality, but that hasn't been the case. From his famous comment -- 'When I meet a gay person, I have to distinguish between their being gay and being part of a lobby. If they accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them? They shouldn't be marginalized. The tendency [to homosexuality] is not the problem … they're our brothers.' -- to his historic meeting with a married gay activist, Simon Cazal, executive director of Paraguay LGBT group SomosGay, to a private meeting in January with a transgender man who was rejected by members of his church in Spain. Lastly, let's not forget the lunch the pope organized with 90 inmates from a prison near Naples, Italy, including 10 from a unit reserved for gay, transgender, and HIV-positive people. Both meetings were positioned as part of the pope's outreach and ministry to those 'marginalized' by the church. I envision Pope Francis apologizing for all that has and is done in the name of God to the LGBT community, if not in Philadelphia, definitely before his Papal reign is over. Pope Francis has gone where not many have before and, just a few months ago, apologized for the sins and 'offenses' committed by the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the Colonial-era conquest of the Americas. He is not afraid to lead his church to a more loving and empathic stance on all issues, and that is to be commended. Unfortunately, if the pope is looking to dialogue with the LGBT community during his visit, and if the LGBT family is a part of the Catholic Church, he will not find them represented in any events at the World Meeting of Families. Organizers have erased them completely. As such, LGBT children, teachers and families who are only wishing to dialogue with the pope and express how their families have been affected by the reign of Archbishop Caput will gather in the private courtyard of the John C. Anderson Apartments, Philadelphia's LGBT-friendly affordable senior living facility, on Sept. 26. Pope Francis has been, through his actions, fostering an atmosphere of respect and tolerance between the church and its LGBT brothers and sisters, and we hope he continues it here in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection."
Giampolo's practice focuses on LGBT law, corporate transactions, civil rights, employment discrimination, real estate, domestic and international adoptions, and estates.
Contact: Ryan McCormick, [email protected]
Design Plays Role in Fan Injuries, Deaths at Sports Facilities
Frank Branson
Attorney
The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, Dallas
Within the last month, a Denver Broncos fan was gravely injured and an Atlanta Braves fan died in separate falls while attending pro sports events. A Texas Longhorn fan was injured last year after falling over the safety rail during a game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Nearby Globe Life Park in Arlington raised its guard rails in 2012 after a fan died after falling over a railing. Says Branson: "Pro teams design their facilities with steep mezzanines to pack fans in for a visceral, intimate experience. But owners have a duty to make sure that these facilities are not unnecessarily dangerous for fans, many of whom are consuming readily available alcoholic beverages at these events."
Branson has represented individuals, workers and team employees who have been injured at sports facilities, including victims of the 2009 collapse of a Dallas Cowboys practice facility during a wind storm.
Contact: Robert Tharp, [email protected]
Building a Timeless Wardrobe
Jessica Rodysill
Fashion Design Instructor
The Art Institutes International Minnesota
"I think it's important to update your wardrobe with pieces that will last and be season-less. Don't go for the trend-driven pieces but the types of clothing you can wear over and over again. Look for items that are more investment pieces -- not in terms of money but in terms of something that you are going to have for a long time."
Rodysill is a fashion design instructor at The Art Institutes International Minnesota. With each new season comes a laundry list of new fashion trends -- some here to stay, some gone in a flash. Rodysill can provide tips on navigating the trends and building a wardrobe that will be timeless. She can offer advice on how to choose items with staying power, along with ways to incorporate some trendier items in smaller ways that won't have as much of an impact on your wardrobe. Rodysill can also speak to a variety of fashion and trend-related topics.
Contact: Mandy Wilson, [email protected]
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MEDIA JOBS:
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- News Editor – The Daily Sentinel (TX)
- Editor – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
- Crime and Justice Reporter – Lafayette Journal & Courier (IN)
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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:
Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.
- MEDIA TRAINING FOR WRITERS: FIVE KEY TAKEAWAYS. As a journalist, you are likely often faced with unique challenges, constantly on the hunt for good quotes, story ideas, etc. But what happens when the tables are turned and you are the one being interviewed? Here are five key takeaways to help you prepare for media questions when you are the interviewee instead of the interviewer: http://bit.ly/1Fda3JN
- MEDIA INSIDER: WRITER SALARIES, VIRTUAL REALITY STORYTELLING AND OTHER MEDIA NEWS. Check out this roundup of interesting journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from this week: http://bit.ly/1LeTdLC
- MEDIA 411: PREPARING FOR YOUR FIRST NEWSROOM JOB. Starting a new job can be scary for anyone, including journalists. Marie Franklin, associate professor of journalism at Lasell College, shares her tips for new journalists to make their first job a success: http://prn.to/1O48cKd
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