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Summer 2002

Walker Lundy, editor and executive vice president of The Philadelphia Inquirer and former editor of

The Savannah Morning News won the 2002 Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism, a

Decatur, IL Herald & Review, WILL-TV (PBS) One of two Decatur public high schools has

By David Kurpius Assistant Professor of Journalism Louisiana State University Looking for different faces on

By Lew Friedland and Sandy Nichols Center for Communication and Democracy University of Wisconsin-Madison For

By Tom Still Associate Editor Wisconsin State Journal Candidates for public office can be control

Rebecca Rimel, president and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts, was stranded at an airport,

By Jan Schaffer Pew Center Executive Director More than 200 people at this year’s Batten

Civic journalism was about interactivity long before newsrooms even knew what the Internet was. Early

Three top civic editors talked about newsroom goals, conversations and civic mapping to deliver useful