NATIONAL- PART TWO

Research – Straight Talk From Americans – 2000 A National Survey for the Pew Center for Civic Journalism conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. National Survey Results: Part Two CONTENTS Detailed Findings: Race Same Institutions: Different Perspectives Table 4: Agree That Institutions Are Fair Immigration Neighborhood Diversity Detailed Findings: Education A Split About Public Schools […]

NATIONAL- PART ONE

Research – Straight Talk From Americans – 2000 A National Survey for the Pew Center for Civic Journalism conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. National Survey Results: Part One CONTENTS Highlights This Survey The State of Nation and Its Communities Table 1: Most Important National Issue The Local Community And Its Problems Top Local Problems […]

Research – Straight Talk From Americans – 2000

A National Survey for the Pew Center for Civic Journalism conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates.   TABLE OF CONTENTS National Survey Report [Contents] [To National Report] Tampa Area Report [Contents] [To Tampa Report] Philadelphia Area Report [Contents] [To Philadelphia Report] Denver Area Report [Contents] [To Denver Report] San Francisco Area Report [Contents] [To San Francisco Report] Topline Results [Contents] [To […]

Civic Journalism: Does It Work?

A Special Report for the Pew Center for Civic Journalism on the “We the People” project, Madison, Wis. By Frank Denton and Esther Thorson Partners The Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin Public Television Wisconsin Public Radio WISC-TV (CBS) Wood Communications Group When a bare majority of citizens bothers to vote for president, when turnout can drop […]

Press Release

Does Public Journalism Work? Press Release   Study released by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Record newspaper of Hackensack, N.J. Summary and Key Findings The Research Lessons Learned, by Glenn Ritt Press Release Press Release Public Journalism Can’t Do It All In-depth issues coverage fails to counter multimillion-dollar TV ad campaigns   Washington, D.C., […]

Lessons Learned

Does Public Journalism Work? Lessons Learned   Study released by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Record newspaper of Hackensack, N.J. Summary and Key Findings The Research Lessons Learned, by Glenn Ritt Press Release Lessons Learned An editor’s thoughts on reader feedback   By Glenn Ritt Vice President, News and Information The Record, Hackensack, N.J […]

The Research

The final indicator in this section is how much attention people paid to the Senate contest. If the Record‘s public journalism approach stimulated interest by covering the issues people said they wanted to learn about, Record readers would be expected to pay more attention to the campaign than readers of other papers. But again, the data in Table […]

Summary and Key Findings

Does Public Journalism Work? The Campaign Central Experience   Study released by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Record newspaper of Hackensack, N.J. Summary and Key Findings The Research Lessons Learned, by Glenn Ritt Press Release Summary and Key Findings   By David Blomquist The Record, Hackensack, N.J.   and Cliff Zukin Rutgers University   […]

A Case Study From Rochester, New York

The Impact Of Civic Journalism Projects On Voting Behavior in State-Wide Referendums   By James R. Bowers St. John Fisher College   with Blair Claflin The Des Moines Register (Formerly of The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)   and Gary Walker WXXI Radio and Television   Paper prepared for presentation at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the New […]