Two newspapers and one television station will share the 1999 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism for innovative efforts that produced in-depth journalism and paved the way for news organizations to play new roles in their communities.
The Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Harwood Institute today announced the six news organizations that will take part in the first Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars, a series of three two-day workshops designed to improve reporters and editors capacities to understand and interpret their communities.
New technology is giving journalists a unique opportunity to reach and empower citizens while positioning their organizations as future hubs of the local cyberworld. Author Pat Ford looks at the potential of community publishing.
What happened when candidates got free air time? Wisconsin Public Television Senior producer Andy Moore does a post mortem on a pioneer experiment.
Kate Parry, senior editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, writes of her "fascinating decade of experimentation" with civic journalism as it has evolved to become a valuable everyday tool for reporters, photographers and editors.