Yearly Archives: 2001

Delving into the Divide: A Study of Race Reporting

 in Spotlight

Delving into the Divide: A Study of Race Reporting in Forty-Five U.S. Newsrooms

The Marshall News Messenger is a small paper, circulation 8,000, in a small east Texas town but its 1999 project “Twelve Questions on Race” was a big idea.

In a town where factories segregated their shifts and some whites used the Confederate flag to keep the light out of windows, a project addressing race did not get a warm welcome.

The News Messenger’s largest advertiser withdrew his business from the paper and white ministers who participated were threatened. Read more

Pew Center Supports 14 Initiatives

 in Press Releases

Clickable Web maps that let the public chart choices around growth, reapportion their Congressional districts, track water-supply consequences and simulate family scenarios are ushering in a new era of high-tech engagement in several initiatives the Pew Center for Civic Journalism will fund in the coming year.

Covering a New America: How Multicultural Communities are Shaping the Future of Journalism

 in Speeches  tagged AEJMC

Keynote speech by Martin Baron
Editor
The Boston Globe

Pew Center for Civic Journalism Luncheon 
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
84th National Convention, Washington, DC
August 7, 2001 

Foreword

By Jan Schaffer
Executive Director
Pew Center for Civic Journalism

Each year, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism brings journalism educators together with one of the top editors in the country to hear firsthand about the challenges facing U.S. newsrooms. The goal is to encourage journalism training that is both innovative and relevant and to introduce new areas for journalism research. Read more