Join City Club of Portland, Open Signal, and Kickstand Comedy for an afternoon with local journalists and independent media makers—from storytellers and filmmakers to podcasters—who are shaping how we understand our city. Across two panels, "Making the News" and "Sharing the Meaning," you’ll learn how these creators work independently and collaboratively, across formal and grassroots settings, to amplify community voices.

[PLEASE RSVP HERE]

Guarantee your spot with a $10+ donation to any of the three nonprofits by Friday, November 21st.

The event will include time to grab a drink and a bite, meet and network with panelists and your fellow attendees, and see what you can access by plugging into the communities at Open Signal, City Club, and Kickstand: training, equipment, supportive networks, and opportunities to create and share public media that lifts up underrepresented Portlanders. You'll also come away with some fresh media recs!

Panelists:

--Althea Billings, News Director @ KBOO (@kbooradio)
--Noah Carandanis, Editor in Chief @ PSU Vanguard (@psuvanguard)
--Jeremiah Hayden, Housing and Homelessness Reporter @ Portland Mercury (@jeremiahhayden)
--John Lugton, Director of Production Services @ MetroEast (@metroeastmedia)
--Bruce Poinsette, Writer and Organizer, Respond to Racism (@poinsettebruce)
--Ranya Salvant, Multimedia Journalist and Filmmaker @ UO School of Journalism & Communication
--Donovan Scribes, Independent Writer and Producer (@dscribesllc)
--Erin Yanke, Independent Producer and Documentarian (@itdidhappenherepodcast)

Moderated by Chris Williams, Storyteller, Educator, and Community Builder @ Front Porch Sessions and Kickstand Comedy and Kristen Schier, the current Educational Programs Manager for Kickstand Comedy & former Co-Artistic Director of Curious Comedy.