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Reporting the U.S. Workplace brings together reporters from across the country for a two-day workshop at the Newmark J-School to learn from top journalists and experts about crucial and current workplace issues. This all-expenses paid program gives participants the tools and knowledge to do both in-depth and daily coverage of the nation’s workforce.
The curriculum emphasizes case studies of standout workplace reporting, key and current controversies, hands-on practical research skills, using government and corporate data, finding stories, overcoming reporting challenges and improving storytelling. The lectures are expected to range from covering labor relations to the way globalization, technology and the climate challenge are disrupting work.

“I loved the program so much – incredibly smooth, supportive, informative, specific. I’m returning to my workplace with so many ideas and new tools!”
“Incredible line up of speakers with wide variety of topics, very informative. Cohort was all very friendly and from a wide range of backgrounds. Good amount of opportunities to interact with speakers and other journalists. The sessions were curated in a very logical order and each session built on the last.”
“This was the most transformative workshop I’ve ever attended. The speakers were so generous in letting us in on their processes, and the information they offered will shape the way I approach every story in the foreseeable future.”

Application
The next program will run in January 2024.
Please email Alexandra Lescaze if you would like to be added to the email list to receive the announcement for the 2024 program.
Who should apply?
Reporters who are: new to the labor beat; local and general assignment; covering business, city, state, arts, education, health, and sports beats; at news outlets that don’t have labor beats or who are freelance and independent. Applicants can be working in text, video, radio or photography.
We are committed to building diversity on this beat, and recognize the importance of having journalists with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Women, people of color, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Schedule
This program will take place at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, which is located near Times Square at 219 West 40th Street, New York, NY.
The program will begin at 9 a.m. on Day 1 and conclude at 5 p.m. on Day 2.
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About Us
Funding
The Reporting the U.S. Workplace program was seed-funded by a generous donation to the Sidney Hillman Foundation from Jesse C. Crawford, a now-retired entrepreneur and business owner who was the president and CEO of Atlanta-based, Crawford Media Services, Inc. Crawford worked in print journalism in the late 1960s/early 1970s, and for nearly 40 years his businesses have provided services to radio and television channels, networks, and cable channels. Early in his life, Crawford belonged to both craft and industrial unions, and participated in labor struggles. He believes that a strong and vibrant labor union movement and a free, engaged and dynamic press are both vital to an informed citizenry, the commonweal and a democratic political economy. Crawford has had no role in the editorial content of the program.
Now, thanks to the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we are able to continue to run this all-expenses-paid program.
Advisors

Steven Greenhouse
Former New York Times labor reporter

Alissa Quart
Executive Director, Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Tom Robbins
Investigative Journalist in Residence, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Dorian Warren
President, Center for Community Change
Contact Us
Questions?
Send them to Alexandra Lescaze at alex@hillmanfoundation.org or (646) 448-6413.