Pulitzer Prize winner Jan Schaffer has been named Executive Director of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, replacing Edward M. Fouhy. Fouhy has accepted an assignment from the Pew Charitable Trusts to explore creating a new center to track and publicize policy innovations at the state level. Schaffer has been Deputy Director of the Pew Center for three--and-a-half years.
November 20, 1997, The Wiseman, Harvard Club by Jan Schaffer, Executive Director Pew Center for Civic Journalism
June, 27, 1997, Aspen, CO by Ed Fouhy, Founder, Pew Center for Civic Journalism
June 20, 1997, Stanford University, CA by Jan Schaffer, Executive Director Pew Center for Civic Journalism
The Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Record newspaper of Hackensack, N.J., today released a study showing that nine weeks and 54 full pages of issues-based coverage in the 1996 New Jersey Senate race failed to break through the noise of that heated, television-saturated campaign.
May 20, 1997, Chicago, IL by Ed Fouhy, Founder, Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Civic journalism study finds community acceptance, but journalists still reluctant to embrace concept" May 1997, Quill by Jan Schaffer, Executive Director Pew Center for Civic Journalism
The Pew Center for Civic Journalism today announced the recipients of the 1997 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism. The awards will be presented May 14 in Washington, D.C.