Workshop: Ethnographic Reporting to solve your journalistic challenges

Anthropology’s ethnographic methods can tackle the big challenges journalists face today. These tools and approaches align with journalism's modern, respectful, and impactful reporting. In fact, many major media outlets already use ethnographic methods without realizing it.

Bring your story idea or journalistic challenge to this hands-on workshop where we'll introduce you to ethnographic journalism, why you’re already doing it, and how to do more of it.

Session Description

The challenges facing individual journalists are mounting. Anthropology’s ethnographic methods can help journalists unearth stories that matter to communities and bring a different dimension to the way we practice journalism.

Ethnography is the study of culture. “Ethno” from Greek meaning culture, and “graphy” meaning writing. Ethnography offers a set of tools and applied approaches that align with the reporter’s modern pursuits of respectful and impactful reporting.

Instructors

Participants will work with Emily Kennedy, founding member of the Centre for Anthropology and Journalism, and Adam Gamwell, PhD, anthropologist, editor of Anthropology News, and host of the This Anthro Life podcast, to explore how to apply ethnographic methods to specific journalism challenges such as gaining and maintaining trust of the public, community reporting, and finding sources.

Length

90 mins

Participants

25 max

Language

English

Location

Zoom