Community Impact, Journalism Shifts Cited in New Civic Journalism Study
Washington, DC, November 4, 2002 -- At least one fifth of all U.S. daily newspapers -- 322 of the nation's 1,500 dailies -- practiced some form of civic journalism between 1994 and 2001, and nearly all credit it with a positive impact on the community, reports a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.