Journalism: Broken, Unmoored From A Higher Calling
Ervin Duggan, President of the Public Broadcasting Service, advocates bold experimentation in his 1997 Batten Symposium keynote address.
Civic Catalyst: Civic Journalists
The Challenge Is To Reclaim Our Moral Authority and Ask: How Do We Know What We Know?
Cole Campbell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch talks about embracing new challenges and changing the way we think about news at the Batten Symposium on May 14.
We Need to Do It or They’ll Do It Themselves
Who's a journalist in the digital age? The Bergen Record's Glenn Ritt discusses the paper's efforts to connect with community groups through traditional media and on-line at the Batten Symposium.
Media, Values, Moguls
Jennie Buckner, James Fallows, Daniel Okrent and Mario Cuomo discuss the state of modern journalism: excerpts from a symposium April 16 in New York City sponsored by the Pew Center with Atlantic Monthly.
Needed: The Courage to be Different
Rebecca Rimel, President of The Pew Charitable Trusts, shares words of inspiration and encouragement with attendees of the Batten Awards on May 14.
Listening to the Public? Ghetoizing the Job
Bill Theobald of the Indianapolis Star and the Indianapolis News reports from the public journalism ghetto in his newsroom on the ups and downs of being the designated civic journalist.
Foundations: Nurturing Journalistic Values or Threatening Independence?
Pew Center's Ed Fouhy discusses the merits of foundation funding to nurture journalism.
Field Testing Reporters’ Assumptions
A cross-state reporting odyssey reminds the Boston Globe's Don Aucoin that reporters' assumptions may not accurately reflect people's priorities.