Newmark J-School workshops

Terry Parris, Jr., shares the techniques of his trade, career advice and inspiration for a future where journalists build bridges with communities, and engagement journalism is just called journalism. 

Like Terry says, "My goal, my future goal is that we stop talking about this as engagement, as separate from journalism or a separate person who does engagement. One of the things that I want to happen is that when you think of a project as a reporter, engagement becomes part of that. It becomes inevitable, becomes ubiquitous with what we do.”

This lively lecture contains many real-life crowdsourcing examples from Terry’s work at ProPublica, including covering Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange, uncovering misleading political emails and more. The video includes a step-by-step, in-depth review of an ambitious ProPublica investigation into maternal deaths in the United States called “Lost Mothers” with guest Adriana Gallardo.

Take this class whether you are a journalism student, a professional journalist or a member of the public curious to take a peek behind the scenes.

This video lecture is made possible by a generous grant from the News Integrity Initiative to "build enduring trust and mutual respect between newsrooms and the public through sustained listening, collaboration, and transparency." 

The series was filmed in the Newmark J-School studio in New York.