Civic Design: Involving Readers at Every Turn
A look at the growing use of civic design techniques to involve readers in stories and navigate news more quickly. Spotlight on The Gazette in Colorado Springs and The Virginian-Pilot. By Pat Ford.
Civic Catalyst: Spring 2000
New Sensibilities Always Vie With Old Habits
Pew Center Director Jan Schaffer says newsrooms may achieve more diversity by changing reporter's habits and reflexes and teaching them how to map their communities.
Teens Go for “TeenGo” Web Site and Series
An ongoing series detailing the lives of Maine teenagers by the Portland Press Herald is providing insight for adults, just as the companion website has given teens a sense of community. Jessica Tomlinson, Community Cooridinator, reports.
Twelve Newsrooms Try Civic Mapping
Representatives of twelve media organizations were selected to take part the second year of Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars to learn better ways to probe the complex layers of their communities.
Community Publishing: Faster, Easier, Cheaper, Better
Ken Doctor of KnightRidder.com talks about how the web and the emergence of community publishing can empower today's citizens and community groups.