Join Will Schick, editor-in-chief of Washington, D.C.’s Street Sense Media, for a panel discussion on covering homelessness with respect and sensitivity.
The panel will be presented online at 6 p.m. April 19 by SPJ Region 2. For more information, or to register for the event, click HERE.
Street Sense Media’s recently published “A journalist’s guide to covering homelessness” provides a list of broad principles and considerations for reporters. The guide draws its inspiration from the SPJ Code of Ethics.
Schick will be joined by two Baltimore Banner reporters. Sophie Kasakove is a housing reporter who previously covered housing and climate issues as a fellow on the national desk at the New York Times. Hallie Miller covers city and regional services. She is a Baltimore native who previously worked at The Baltimore Sun.
Street Sense Media former editorial director Eric Falquero will moderate the discussion. Falquero is now strategic partnerships editor at WAMU 88.5 in Washington, D.C