April Alonso of the Award-Winning Cicero Independiente
- Author
- Mark Simon
- Published
- Tue 02 Nov 2021
- Episode Link
- https://redcircle.com/shows/3321739a-247a-4730-a995-15faa82f68d4/episodes/71187d7a-e293-48b9-ade4-cd7a07726e37
On today’s episode, we’re joined by April Alonso. April is the co-founder of the award-winning Cicero Independiente, a bilingual news website and publication based in Cicero, Illinois, along with Irene Romulo and Ankur Singh.
The Independiente just won two awards from the Institute for Non-Profit News for the 11-part series – Unrest in Cicero – How One Day Shook a Town – coverage of racial violence and unrest in their city of 80,000.
April talked about her career as a photographer and her role with this organization, explained what happened in the city and how her organization covered it, and discussed how the Independiente functions with workers that are part-time and volunteers from local schools and the community.
To learn more about The Independiente, read this article from The Poynter Institute.
