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.
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.