2002 James. K Batten Awards Dinner Keynote
April 22, 2002, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC by Hodding Carter III, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Batten Awards
2002 James. K Batten Awards Luncheon Keynote
April 22, 2002, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC by Walker Lundy, Editor and Executive Vice President, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Savannah’s “Vision 2010” Wins Batten Award , Civic Legacy and Innovations Cited
Washington, DC, March 21, 2002 -- The Savannah Morning News won the 2002 Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism, a $10,000 honor for a robust, community-driven project that targeted failing schools and triggered the creation of a civic group to raise venture capital for education innovations.
UNC-Chapel Hill to Hold 2002 Batten Awards Symposium Celebrates the Legacy of Civic Journalism
Washington, DC, February 25, 2002 — The 2002 James K. Batten Awards and Symposium, documenting a decade of civic journalism, will be presented by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, April 22.
The day-long event, “Civic Journalism: Celebrating the Past, Focusing on the Future,” will showcase the impact of 10 years of civic journalism experiments in newsrooms around the country. And it will look at the future of interactive journalism.
2001 Batten Awards Honor Civic Turnaround Efforts
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.
Savannah, Philadelphia and New Hampshire News, Editorial Page, Online Initiatives Win the 2000 Batten Prize for Excellence in Civic Journalism
The Savannah Morning News will share this year's James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism with a Philadelphia election project and a New Hampshire interactive tax series in a competition that showcased the striking range of civic journalism evolving around the country, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism announced today.
St. Paul, San Francisco and Portland News Organizations Win 1999 Batten Prize for Excellence in Civic Journalism
Two newspapers and one television station will share the 1999 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism for innovative efforts that produced in-depth journalism and paved the way for news organizations to play new roles in their communities.
Asbury Park, Baltimore and Idaho News Organizations Win 1998 Batten Prize For Excellence in Journalism
Highlighting the cross-continental growth of civic journalism, the Asbury Park (NJ) Press, the Baltimore (MD) Sun and a coalition of Idaho newspapers and television stations will share the 1998 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism.