Yearly Archives: 2001

The Everett Herald: Clickable Waterfront Maps

 in Spotlight

Residents Laud Mapping Project; Seek Even More Choices

By Catherine Lee
Pew Center

Dean Nichols was surprised when he clicked on The Herald’s state-of-the-art Internet map and found no specific icon for a soccer field. Susan Adams found no fish icon reflecting the plight of endangered salmon around Everett, WA.

But that didn’t stop Nichols, Adams and hundreds of other residents from responding to the newspaper’s survey seeking their vision for about 600 acres of land along Everett’s waterfront. They responded on forms printed in the newspaper and via a unique clickable Internet map from their home computers. Read more

2001 Batten Award Winners

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2001 Batten Awards Honor Civic Turnaround Efforts
Deep Community Work Sparks Results 

Washington, DC, March 26, 2001 — – The Huntington Herald-Dispatch and West Virginia Public Broadcasting swept the 2001 Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism for ambitious and interactive coverage of the single biggest issue in the state – its future without coal – and the creation of a groundbreaking database of how coal severance taxes are used.

Their “West Virginia After Coal” partnership joined two newspaper runners-up: The Eagle-Tribune in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Chronicle-Tribune in Marion, Indiana. Both launched courageous examinations of their deeply troubled communities that have sparked encouraging turnaround efforts. Read more

E-Mail Extends Reporters’ Reach

Ken Sands, interactive editor at the Spokesman-Review, explains how the compilation of an e-mail contact list allows reporters to crack difficult stories and include community perspectives.