The L.A. Times Crusades to Make a Difference
The L.A. Times looked at the problem of literacy and asked, "What can we do?" Pat Ford examines how the paper is customizing the Baltimore Sun’s "Reading by 9" initiative.
Civic Catalyst: Spring 1999
Beyond the Ballot in Maine
Portland Press Herald AME Eric Conrad tells how the issues on the minds of Maine citizens in the 1998 gubernatorial elections turned into the "Beyond the Ballot" guidebook
N.H. Residents Compute Tax Plans
New Hampshire Public Radio gets creatively interactive on-line with a tax calculator designed to show citizens the impact of tax reform proposals on their lives, Pew Center Associate Director Walter Dean reports.