Savannah Morning News
2000 Batten Award Winner Savannah Morning News “Aging Matters” “A comprehensive and creative examination of the issues surrounding an influx of retirees and an aging community. It stretched the definition of civic journalism in engaging and healthy ways through its use of community forums, polls, focus groups and web interaction. Its compelling information, well-edited and […]
Introduction By Jan Schaffer
2000 Batten Awards and Symposium The People’s Choice: The Media, the Campaign, and the Citizens Introduction By Jan Schaffer Executive Director Pew Center for Civic Journalism Choice. It is one of the most highly prized values of American society; an emblem of our culture. And it was very much at the heart of the three […]
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: San Diego Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] About The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a catalyst for charting a different course for America’s public life and politics. The Harwood Institute has partnered with the Pew Center for Civic Journalism to do civic mapping […]
The News Tribune
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: San Diego Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: About This Book >> ] The Tacoma News Tribune mapped five communities in five months. 1. The Auburn neighborhood 2. The City Hall beat 3. The Education beat 4. The Lakewood suburb 5. The Gig Harbor suburb The map seen here includes an overview of the Auburn community, lists of […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Denver Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Tacoma Civic Map >> ] The San Diego Union-Tribune is moving toward creating a multi-layered Intranet map of the Eastlake community. Right now, this map exists at just one newsroom computer station. Once the Intranet is up and running, any staff member, anywhere, […]
THE DENVER POST
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Tampa Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: San Diego Civic Map >> ] The reporters and editors at The Denver Post literally put up a giant wall chart in their newsroom and mapped a largely Hispanic community in northeast Denver. Through civic mapping, they uncovered businesses, churches and schools and discovered within that […]
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Part 4: Your Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Denver Civic Map >> ] – The Tampa Tribune – WFLA-TV/Channel 8 – Tampa Bay Online These three news organizations banded together to map the Tampa Heights neighborhood, an area of town designated for redevelopment. They put their maps on […]
Part 4: Building Your Civic Map
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Part 3: What You Now Know ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Tampa Civic Map >> ] Part 4: Building Your Civic Map You are ready to build your map. There are three important pieces to this work. 1. Create It. You need to pull together all of the knowledge you have gained […]
Part 3: What You Know Know
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Step 5: Conversations ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Part 4: Your Civic Map >> ] Part 3: What You Know Know After each round of interviews and community conversations, stop and use this section. It will help you pull together the information you are learning into knowledge the newsroom can use. This […]
Step 5: Community Conversations
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Step 4: Catalysts ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Part 3: What You Now Know >> ] Step 5: Community Conversations The final step in your community interviews is to hold community conversations with groups of people (“citizens”) from the area/topic to test with them what the newsroom is learning and to gain additional […]