2009 Making Media Connections Conference

In this discussion panelists Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune; Tom McNamee, Chicago Sun-Times; Steve Rhodes, Beachwood Reporter; Chris Robling; WGN Commentator/Jayne Thompson & Associates., Ltd. explored the best way for nonprofits to present their issues and persuade news outlets to take a position.

Pictured left-to-right: Steve Rhodes (Beachwood Reporter), Tom McNamee (Chicago Sun-Times), Carolyn Grisko (Grisko & Associates), Chris Robling (WGN Commentator), Dawn Turner Trice (Chicago Tribune).

Making Media Connections is an annual conference where hundreds of community leaders, nonprofit executives, journalists, independent publishers and media relations experts gather to promote news that matters. Listen in as media experts and the general public gather together to discuss getting communities' important stories told.

Recorded Thursday, June 11, 2009 at Columbia College Film Row Cinema.

2009 Making Media Connections Conference - Opinions In The News