A PROGRAM COMBINING TRAINING, SENSITIVITY, AND COMMUNITY.

What is the Converse School?

The Converse School training program aims to include communities in its thinking by training apprentice journalists to develop stories WITH the community. Offering courses in journalism, podcasting, and creative writing, the Converse School values the work and creativity of its members by paying them. Afterwards, these participants can join La Converse's newsroom.

HOW COME A CONVERSE SCHOOL?

It all started with the desire to give overlooked communities the tools they need to reclaim their power in a media space where they are often silenced. With the Converse School, we hope not only to give power back to communities that are excluded from the discussions concerning them but also to give them a platform to tell stories about for them. Through sensitivity training, the Converse School is training the next generation of journalists to serve and cover communities that have traditionally been left out of important conversations.