Batten Symposium: Dinner Keynote Highlights Speaking Truth to the Power of Wall Street
Hodding Carter III, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, delivered the dinner keynote address. In the course of this day I have heard every possible thing that could be said on behalf of this venture in which all of us have taken some deep stake and said better than anything I […]
Batten Symposium: Luncheon Keynote Highlights Change: Catch Up to the Readers
Walker Lundy, editor and executive vice president of The Philadelphia Inquirer and former editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, delivered the luncheon keynote. Pioneer Press projects received a Batten Legacy Award. Highlights: Ifirst met up with public journalism almost 10 years ago because some outfit Jan Schaffer worked for was giving away money. I […]
2002 Batten Awards Winners
Dan Suwyn Managing Editor, Savannah Morning News For “Vision 2010” “Everyone wanted to talk about what’s the right role of the newspaper … I think what we learned is our identity is to be public servant. And if you remember to be a public servant first … then you can fill a lot of different […]
Batten Semifinalists: More Great Work
“The New Segregation” series was a semifinalist for this year’s Batten Awards and, with other semifinalists, indicates how robust the practice of civic journalism is. Here are some semifinalist highlights. The Big Deal: Illegal Drugs in the Rochester Region It was a bold assertion: The war on drugs has failed. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle felt confident […]
Measuring Civic Journalism’s Progress:
A Report Across a Decade of Activity A Study Conducted For: The Pew Center for Civic Journalism Conducted By: Lewis A. Friedland, Professor School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of Wisconsin-Madison Sandy Nichols, Ph.D. Candidate School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of Wisconsin-Madison September 2002 The first stirrings of civic journalism began more […]
TBON: Crime is Down, Life is Better
By Charlene Price-Patterson TBON Community Coordinator Eight years have passed since “Taking Back Our Neighborhoods” (TBON) focused on 10 of the most violent-crime areas in Charlotte, NC. The impact has been striking: Crime is down and quality of life has dramatically improved in at least eight of the neighborhoods, local leaders said in recent interviews. […]
Growth Game: Playing with Tough Choices
By Pat Ford Staff Writer Pew Center It’s all too easy for a place like sprawl-conscious Myrtle Beach, SC, to divide into stark camps – pro-growth or anti-growth – with scant appreciation for the nuances of each. To help convey those complexities, The Sun News began in April offering residents a new entry point – an interactive […]
Savannah’s “Vision 2010” Wins Batten Awards Legacy and Innovations Cited
The Savannah Morning News won the 2002 Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism, a $10,000 honor for a robust, community-driven project that targeted failing schools and triggered the creation of a civic group to raise money for education innovations. Runner-up, The Cincinnati Enquirer, was awarded $5,000 for wide-ranging initiatives that involved more than 2,000 people in community […]
Making A Difference
WHEN CITIZENS ASK THE QUESTIONS, THEY GET ANSWERS — SOMETIMES BETTER ANSWERS THAN JOURNALISTS GET. DAVE IVERSON, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION WHA-TV, A PARTNER WITH THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL AND WISC-TV IN THE “WE THE PEOPLE” PROJECT, RECALLS HOW ONE CITIZEN MADE A DIFFERENCE — AND EVEN MADE FRONT-PAGE NEWS — AT THEIR […]
Breaking New Ground
The San Francisco Chronicle decided on a new kind of community outreach in its “Voice of the Voter” partnership last year with KRON-TV and KQED-FM. On Aug. 19 the paper announced that voter registration forms would be inserted in the 560,000 issues distributed Sept. 23. Political Editor Susan Yoachum was assigned to negotiate with the Secretary […]