Civic Journalism: A Work in Progress
Sit in on a news meeting held in the middle of the newsroom at The Gazette in Colorado Springs to see how this paper is re-inventing itself. It’s all in a new video available from the Pew Center. Civic Journalism: A Work in Progress focuses on the efforts of Gazette editor Steven A. Smith to create what he calls […]
Inventing the Future of Journalism: A Wish List
Rem Rieder, editor and senior vice president of the American Journalism Review, was the keynote speaker at a workshop in Atlanta in January co- sponsored by the Pew Center and RTNDF. His subject: “Inventing the Future of Journalism.” While demurring on the task of predicting the future, Rieder did put forth this wish list. Remember […]
Civic Journalism: Moving into New Frontiers
By Jan Schaffer Executive Director Pew Center 1998 was a great year for civic journalism. Not only because of the good ideas that kept bubbling up in newsrooms around the country – but also because civic journalism was the beneficiary of so much “traditional” journalism gone awry. We saw last year a lot of journalism […]
Transforming Journalism for Today Reinventing It for Tomorrow
By Jan Schaffer Executive Director Pew Center When the Pew Center for Civic Journalism was launched in 1993, we didn’t know what would happen. What would happen if we tried to support some experiments in newsrooms with funding? What would happen if we survived the early, and harsh, criticism and contributed a useful legacy of […]
Linking Civic and Conventional Journalists
By Jan Schaffer Executive Director Pew Center Columbia Journalism Review in a recent issue reported on how much of the current political campaign coverage is – shhh, say it softly now – civic journalism. “Reporters and editors nationwide, many of whom recoil at the civic-journalism label, are experimenting with civic-journalism-like ways of making their campaign coverage […]
Civic Journalism: Point – Counterpoint
NBC/MSNBC Anchor Brian Williams’ remarks about civic journalism in his keynote address at the Edward R. Murrow Awards ceremony prompted some laughter from the audience. But they prompted a different reaction from broadcasters who are leading the field in the use of civic journalism tools. The Awards dinner was part of the annual Radio-Television News […]
Just Who Are Today’s Citizens?
About 105 journalists were in San Diego Jan. 21-23 for “Straight Talk on Local Issues,” a workshop co-sponsored by the Pew Center and RTNDF. Media scholar and author Michael Schudson gave the keynote address, later condensed in The Philadelphia Inquirer. By Michael Schudson Professor, U.C.- San Diego Everyone wants to reform American citizens. They should […]
This is Not your Father’s Newsmobile
By Jan Schaffer Executive Director Pew Center What is civic journalism? Isn’t it just good, old-fashioned journalism? Not if you look at this year’s Batten Award winners and the semi-finalists on page 7. Nope, this is not your father’s newsmobile. Throughout these projects, we see many common characteristics that make civic journalism very different from […]
What’s Coming? Will We Be Ready for It? Equipping Journalists for the New Communications Era
By Anders Gyllenhaal Executive Editor The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC The following are some highlights of keynote remarks at the Aug. 10 Pew Center luncheon at the annual AEJMC convention in Phoenix. Let me start out with a story that goes back about a decade ago. Right at the end of the ’80s in […]
Roadmap 2005: National vs. Regional Strategies for the Future
Pew Luncheon Symposium: Thursday, October 26, 2000 Journalism is no longer monolithic. While all journalists share core values, they no longer share identical goals for their news organizations. And regional news organizations now have very different strategies from national news organizations. About 150 epople heard these three top news executives describe their aspirations for the […]