Hofstra University is hosting an exciting conference called Covering Suburban Poverty on September 26-27, 2013, designed to offer journalists an opportunity to exchange ideas on best practices and share resources and tools that will better equip them to produce journalism about poverty in suburban communities. Speakers include academic and government experts, and reporters who have covered groundbreaking stories about poverty. RGP’s Lauren Mucciolo has been invited to present a program on Children and Poverty with Melanie Hartzog of the Children’s Defense Fund on the 27th at 10:15am. It should be an interesting conversation about bringing stories about children and families living in poverty to the greater public!