Pew Center for Civic Journalism Supports 16 News Experiments
“Sim City”-like mapping tools herald new avenues for community reporting
Education, Sprawl, Community Publishing are Key Concerns
Washington, D.C., November 9, 2000 — Clickable maps of undeveloped waterfront. Smart Growth maps of a coastal resort. Online cancer risk calculators. Webcams in Spanish-speaking homes. These are among 16 new ideas to help newsrooms engage their communities that will receive funding next year from the Pew Center for Civic Journalism.
Among the initiatives receiving some support are reporting projects that will involve the community on the state of education, growth and sprawl, medical research, growing Hispanic communities and hard-to-reach youth communities, the Pew Center announced today.