workshops

The Lexington Commons offers citizen journalism workshops that cover basic journalism training, like journalism ethics, media law, how to recognize news and how to write a story. Participants are shown how to use the Web site’s tools, including how to post stories, blogs and podcasts. In class exercises help participants build skills like writing leads, structuring stories and interviewing.

We offered our first workshop series this October, graduating six citizen journalists. Check out the schedule from our first workshop here.