Twelve news organizations from 11 cities have been selected to participate in this year's Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars, a training opportunity to help journalists tap different layers of community life and expand their Rolodex of sources and voices, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism announced today.
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Mapping Your Beat
By Pat Ford
Pew Center
Before she got her electronic database, Dianne Whitacre used to hang out in a lot of gas stations. They were one place she could find commuters to comment on stories about the region’s highways. Now, she hits a few keys on her computer and sources come tumbling out– without those nasty exhaust fumes.
Whitacre is the alter ego of “Dr. Traffic,” one of the Charlotte Observer’s most popular Sunday features. Readers send her questions ranging from “When will the new stretch of Colony Road open?” to “Why don’t drivers practice high-beam courtesy?”