Key Research Questions
Publications Cracking the Code: Creating New Lifelines between Journalists and Academics Key Research Questions Key Recommendations: Build better bridges between newsrooms and the academy. Collect an annual inventory of important newsroom questions. Focus on research that can be applied. Make the research readable. Edit it for clarity and organize it for accessibility. Feed it […]
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Publications Cracking the Code: Creating New Lifelines between Journalists and Academics Introductions
Cracking the Code: Creating New Lifelines Between Journalists and Academics
Publications Cracking the Code Creating New Lifelines between Journalists and Academics Highlights of a brainstorming session co-sponsored by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at The Manship School of Mass Communication. Louisiana State University September, 2000 Baton Rouge, LA Table of Contents Introductions >>> John Maxwell […]
Savannah, Philadelphia and New Hampshire News, Editorial Page, Online Initiatives Win the 2000 Batten Prize for Excellence in Civic Journalism
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2000 — 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. […]
The Presidency and The Media
Symposium Luncheon Keynote Address The Presidency and The Media Robert Dallek Presidential Historian Boston University Robert Dallek went to Boston University’s History Department in 1996, after three decades at UCLA and a year as a visiting professor at Oxford. He has published books on Franklin Roosevelt and American foreign policy, on Ronald Reagan and on […]
Meeting Citizens’Needs: What’s Next?
Batten Symposium: Panel 2 Meeting Citizens’Needs: What’s Next? Can the news media do more to inform citizen choices? Moderator Robert Zelnick engaged panelists David Shribman, The Boston Globe’s Washington Bureau Chief; Jeannine Guttman, Editor of the Portland Press Herald; Candy Altman, News Director of Boston’s Channel 5 television; Chris Satullo, Editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s […]
Did the Media Do the Right Thing?
Batten Symposium: Panel 1 Did the Media Do the Right Thing? Has the primary coverage been useful to voters? Moderator Lance Morrow questioned Bill Kovach, former Curator of The Nieman Foundation; Mary Jo Meisner, Vice Chair, Community Newspaper Co.; Sam Fleming, News Director, WBUR-FM; and Yvonne Abraham, Boston Globe reporter. Some highlights: Bill Kovach […]
Pressure is on the Traditional Press
2000 Batten Symposium Dinner Keynote Address Campaign 2000: Pressure is on the Traditional Press Will We Reform Coverage? Or Will We Continue Our Old Ways? Pam Johnson Executive Editor The Arizona Republic Pam Johnson has been Senior Vice President for News and Executive Editor of The Arizona Republic since 1996. Before that, she was […]
New The Philadelphia Inquirer
2000 Batten Award Winner New The Philadelphia Inquirer “Citizen Voices ’99” “An extraordinary and original editorial page initiative that clearly laid out, not only the background on issues and policy matters in the race for Philadelphia’s mayor, but also the various options for dealing with those issues. It did not make decisions for people, rather […]
New Hampshire Public Radio
2000 Batten Award Winner New Hampshire Public Radio “Tax Challenge” “The New Hampshire Tax Challenge and its crisp and user-friendly online tax calculator did an outstanding job of creating common information on the most important public policy issue in the recent history of the state – passing statewide funding for education. It gave citizens a […]