ThreeSixty Journalism

We’re THRILLED to share that we’ve received funding from Press Forward, the nationwide movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news! This significant investment will allow us to deepen our work with young journalists as they fill news gaps in their communities today. A big congratulations to the 204 other funded organizations nationwide, including our fellow Minnesota recipients: Project Optimist (Nora Hertel), BLCK Press (Georgia Fort), SPEAK MPLS (Rebecca Smith), Pine Knot News, COOK COUNTY COMMUNITY RADIO, ITASCA COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC, and the Swift County Monitor-News. More here: https://lnkd.in/eT_ssr-d #PressForward

Our fall Op-Ed Workshop for 18 high school students kicked off Saturday, and we spent the morning discussing the power of the genre with two esteemed local leaders: Sahan Journal's Trisha Collopy and The Minnesota Star Tribune's Phillip Morris. Both will review all final student pieces for possible publication on their respective platforms. Thank you, Trisha and Phil! Your insight, experience, and interest have set our students up for success.

Our annual magazine is hot off the press! Want a personal copy or a stack for your school or other community location? DM us! Featured student writers include: Alexis Aryeequaye, Aketzally Murillo Alvarado, Marquan Harper, Erica Lee, Maria Jose Plotts, Ethan Vang, Keira McNiff, McCall Vickers, Nico Odegard, Anais Froberg-Martinez, Honor Vang, Daphney Kleinschmit, Aliyah Baker, Luke Azoulay Haron, Areeba Memon, Margarita Rosales, Legend Primus, Ayida Akalewold, Gloria Ngwa, Salim Ali, Amina Said, Cindy Lee, Dallas Downey, Muniratu Shaibu, Morgan Vang, Arthur Wei, Leah Gfrerer, and Anya Capistrant-Kinney.

ThreeSixty engagement manager Denise Huang and student reporter Aketzally Murillo Alvarado presented on “power and identity in reporting” to a packed room at the Minnesota State High School Journalism Convention this morning. We’re proud to be equipping the next generation with the tools to ethically engage their subjectivity when reporting!

It's a beautiful morning to see more ThreeSixty stories in print! Thanks to The Minnesota Star Tribune for publishing our students' summer reporting on health equity. These stories, and investing in the next generation of journalists, matter.

Such a thrill to see stories from our Multimedia Storytelling Institute (sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota) in the print edition of this past Saturday’s Pioneer Press. That front page tease is everything! We’re grateful for your support Mike Burbach, Mike Decaire, & Frederick Melo. Students, we are so proud of you. Read the stories online at twincities.com or stop by our office…we have copies!

MinnPost is publishing student stories from our Multimedia Storytelling Institute all week! Thank you Harry Colbert, Elizabeth Dunbar, Winter Keefer, Jazzmine Jackson, Deanna Pistono, and Gregg Aamot for supporting the next generation of journalists as they reported on health equity this summer. https://lnkd.in/gYU_ppMm

Thank you for investing in narrative change and the future of journalism, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota!

Four days + 32 students + 30 volunteers = one AMAZING college essay workshop! Students from all over the Twin Cities crafted college essays from scratch this week with the help of talented local storytellers. Special shoutout to the New York Times’ Ernesto Londo?o and Bethel University’s Scott Winter for their guest instruction on “silencing your inner critic” and “loving your editor.” We finished the week off with a friends and family presentation of students’ essays. Thanks for your hard work, students! We are moved by what you’ve been through and what you dream about. We hope to see you soon. ???

Thank you for airing our students’ work on BMA Cable Networks, Pete Rhodes III!