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Publications Civic Journalism: Six Case Studies CHARLOTTE, N.C. “Taking Back our Neighborhoods” The topic proposed by the Observer made sense. Moreover, Kronley saw an advantage to giving an issue like crime some focus and greater depth than spot news coverage allowed. But while Kronley wanted to partner with the Observer, he also saw the opportunity for a more sweeping […]
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Publications Civic Journalism: Six Case Studies CHARLOTTE, N.C. “Taking Back our Neighborhoods” Then came a serendipitous phone call from a Knight-Ridder executive: The Pew Center for Civic Journalism was looking to jump-start some civic journalism projects. Did the Observer have anything that fit the bill? “I said to Rick [Thames] ‘Do you think that there’s actually a […]
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Publications Civic Journalism: Six Case Studies CHARLOTTE, N.C. “Taking Back our Neighborhoods” Anthony Alford Nobles, 26, and John Thomas Burnette, 27, were just two of the 122 people murdered in Charlotte in 1993 but the horror of their deaths touched the entire city like none of the others. Nobles and Burnette were police officers who […]
Six Case Studies Introduction
Publications Civic Journalism: Six Case Studies Introduction The Pew Center For Civic Journalism By 1993, the Pew Charitable Trusts were exploring ways to stimulate citizen involvement in community issues. They invited Ed Fouhy, a former network news executive and producer of the 1988 and 1992 presidential debates, to research the problem. His findings turned […]
Six Case Studies Introduction
Journalists have begun to worry about democracy, and that worries still other journalists. Why all the worry? After 220 years, the American “experiment” in self-government seems well rooted. Besides, journalism’s job is to stand apart and tell the story of democracy in action, not tinker with the machinery. Still, some of us worry that too […]
Nothing Will Be Easy or Quick
America’s Struggle Within Nothing Will Be Easy or Quick As people in the conversations looked out across America, they said they did not like what they saw. They deeply lamented where the nation stands-not just in terms of America’s economy or families or values, but even more fundamentally about the nation’s understanding of itself. “We’ve […]
Can We Act?
America’s Struggle Within Can We Act? It’s the dynamics of change, and they’re not responding correctly to it,” a Modesto man said referring to political leaders in the nation. “They’re trying the old system of trying to fix things instead of trying to find some new ways.” People asserted that they wanted to deal with […]
A Nation Off Course
America’s Struggle Within A Nation Off Course At a time when Americans say that the country is undergoing great upheaval, people are clear about the concerns they believe must be addressed: a quicksand economy and disintegrating families and values. If politicians, pundits, news media and others want to understand the public’s concerns, they should listen […]
Introduction
America’s Struggle Within Introduction There is a struggle within America. People see fundamental changes taking root in American life and wonder where they will lead-for themselves and the nation. As they search for answers, people fear that they have little control over the responses. Americans now deeply lament the state of the union. They are […]
Foreward
America’s Struggle Within Foreward “America’s Struggle Within,” a report by The Harwood Group, was commissioned by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism at the outset of the 1996 presidential cycle in order to establish a reference point for journalists covering the campaign. It is an effort to learn what is on the public’s mind, what […]