Assignments: March 19 through 31, 2012
NOTE: Beat assignments are not exclusive, that is, citizen journalists may attend or monitor any additional areas, depending on their interest and available time. So if your name doesn’t appear where you expected it to, please feel free to attend and report on any event or beat in which you are interested. We’ll reconfirm beat assignments at the February 18 staff meeting.
If you know of other events that should be listed or that you will be covering, send information by email to helpdesk@seseattlefreedomnet.org
BEAT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Assigned Citizen Journalists: ALL Citizen Journalists are invited and encouraged to attend this last formal meeting and transition into next phase of locally driven work.
Events and resources
- Rainier Beach Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC): Final formal meeting; start of transition to local leadership
- Date: Wednesday, March 21
- Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
- Location: Southeast Senior Center (4655 South Holly Street, Seattle, WA 98118)
BEAT: EDUCATION
Assigned Citizen Journalists: Ariel, Christen
Events and resources
- No specific events scheduled during next two weeks; cover your schools as local beats
- Additional Education resources
BEAT: THE ENVIRONMENT/URBAN FARM
Assigned Citizen Journalists: Ismael, Sahla
Events and resources
- Hunger Action Week Survey on Local Food and Nutrition Needs
- Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012
- Time: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Location: Start at South Shore K-8 School (4800 South Henderson Street Seattle, WA 98118) , then conduct surveys nearby
- Additional Environment resources
- Environment Media Dashboard
BEAT: FAMILY LIFE/CULTURE AND THE ARTS
Assigned Citizen Journalists: Leonard, Robin, Ronald, Tila
Events and resources
- No specific event scheduled during this period.
- Additional Family Life/Culture resources
- Rainier Beach News Dashboard
BEAT: PUBLIC SAFETY
Assigned Citizen Journalists: tbd
Events and resources
BEAT: TRANSPORTATION
Assigned Citizen Journalists: Lizeth, Mariah, Trevon; ALL Citizen Journalists encouraged to attend this event
Events and resources
- Community Report Out
- Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012
- Time: 10 am – noon [NOTE: this will push the regular staff meeting into the afternoon]
- Location: Ethiopian Community Mutual Association (8323 Rainier Avenue S. Seattle, WA 98118)
- Additional Transportation resources
- Transportation media dashboard
FREEDOMNET STAFF MEETING
- Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012
- Time: 1 pm to 3 pm (<— NOTE TIME CHANGE!!!)
- Location: Cathcart Computer Lab at Urban Impact (7728 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, Washington 98118)
