What’s Happening in Pew Center Projects
Peoria, Ill. PARTNERS: THE JOURNAL STAR, WMBD-TV(CBS),WMBD-AM, WTVP (PBS), WCBU-FM (NPR), ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE OF PEORIA AND BRADLEY UNIVERSITY The paper kicked off its “Leadership Challenge” coverage in January with a series of stories about the dearth of leaders. “Before, the staff had doubts about whether this was a story,” said managing editor Jack Brimeyer. […]
The Pew Center is Renewed
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced last month a three-year, $4.3 million renewal of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, an incubator for innovative, start-up civic journalism efforts at newspapers, television and radio stations around the country. The Center was created in 1993 as the centerpiece of the Trusts’ initiative, “Renewing our Democratic Heart,” to […]
What’s Happening in Pew Center Projects
“We the People, Wisconsin” MADISON, WIS. PARTNERS: WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION, WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, WISC-TV (CBS) AND WOOD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP The Partners explored the highly charged budget crunch at University of Wisconsin’s 26-campus system at town meetings in Eau Claire, Wausau and Madison. Then citizens from all three sites reconvened via a round-robin […]
What’s Happening in Pew Center Projects
“Civic Journalism: Doing it Daily” CHARLOTTE, N.C. PARTNERS: THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, WBTV (CBS), AND WPEG RADIO When the North Carolina legislature for the first time this year required each school to increase its parent participation, The Observer saw a civic journalism opportunity. “We wrote a story in August that said schools are in need of parent […]
Pew Center’s New Projects
Congratulations
To the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle/Times-Union, whose “Make Us Safe, Teens Talk About Violence” project won the Distinguished Community Service Award of the New York Newspaper Publishers Association. To The Record of Bergen County, NJ, and TCI Network, which won a CableACE Award, cable television’s equivalent of the Emmy, for the election night edition of “Local Live,” which was […]
What’s New With Pew Center Projects
Myrtle Beach, SC Partners: The Sun News, Time-Warner Cable The Sun News launched its “Living in a Boom Town” project on April 27, with a series of stories that reported on the results of its informal postcard survey and on some key issues that surfaced: traffic, growth and development, and the “tackiness” of some of […]
The Batten Award is Renewed
1997 Batten Award Winners The Pew Charitable Trusts has renewed funding for another three years for the annual $25,000 Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism and accompanying symposium. Next year’s award ceremonies for the first time will move out of Washington, D.C. The Pew Center will co-host the award with Northwestern University’s Medill School […]
What’s Happening in Pew Projects
Bronx, NY Partners: Bronxnet Community Cable, The Bronx Journal, Lehman College (CUNY) After producing a prototype of The Bronx Journal this summer, students in Lehman College’s Multi-Lingual Journalism program are editing and laying out the Oct. 6 inaugural edition. The Journal is reaching out to the many ethnic residents of the Bronx with a pull-out section that contains […]
A Refreshing Dialogue about the Role of Journalism
The Pew Trusts’ support for civic journalism has been one of our most challenging and innovative efforts. Through the dedication of Ed and Jan, a refreshing dialogue has taken place about journalism’s role in communities and its responsibilities to readers. We are proud to have helped make that happen. The proliferation of civic journalism projects […]