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94 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2017 | SAGAFTRA.org On Location MEDIA PROS DISCUSS SAFE REPORTING M innesota Public Radio news reporter Doualy Xaykaothao was a panelist at a Reporting on Protests event at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Sept. 27. The event, organized jointly by the SAG-AFTRA Twin Cities Local, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, NABET, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Minnesota Journalism Center at the university, drew a packed audience of print and broadcast media journalists, journalism students and other working media professionals. The industry pros on the panel gave advice on how to safely and effectively cover protests and discussed their own recent experiences on the ground in the Twin Cities and elsewhere. The panel also included other veteran journalists, a First Amendment attorney, a community organizer and a law enforcement representative. Minnesota Public Radio newsroom reporters are represented by SAG-AFTRA. Twin Cities LOCAL REPRESENTS AT LABOR DAY EVENTS M ore than 30 SAG-AFTRA members gathered on Sept. 4 at the annual Philadelphia Labor Day parade. The parade is held each year to commemorate the gains of union workers and to celebrate union solidarity. Joining the marchers was fellow SAG-AFTRA member and Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mike Stack. He expressed his support for the Pennsylvania Film Tax Credit program and the work of SAG-AFTRA in representing members of the broadcast and entertainment industry. Philadelphia Minnesota Public Radio news reporter Doualy Xaykaothao talks about the need for reporters to always be prepared when covering protests. XAVIER WANG AUDIOBOOK PROS DRAW MEMBERS TO WORKSHOP T hirty San Diego members enjoyed an Audiobooks 101 workshop in September, offered by audiobook pros James Patrick Cronin and Julie McKay. Cronin and McKay briefed members about this rapidly growing industry, focusing on what it takes to perform professional audiobook work, from do's and don'ts to specifics on developing the artistic, technical and business skills necessary to get into this kind of work. Cronin and McKay have narrated more than 500 audiobooks, spanning a wide array of genres. Last year, they had five titles on Audible's Best of 2016 lists. Attendees at the September audiobooks workshop. San Diego BROADCAST STATION LEADERS GATHER T he New England Local hosted the second in a series of broadcast shop leadership training workshops on April 8. Held at the Boston Local office, more than a dozen on and off-air members from CBS National Traffic New England, TTWN Boston, WBMX-FM, WBZ-AM, WBZ-TV, WCVB-TV and WHDH-TV participated in the daylong training, which covered the key roles of shop stewards, station assessments, organizing and outreach. Shop leaders volunteer their time and are the first point of contact for SAG-AFTRA members at their stations. New England