Mapping the Traffic Beat
In the perfect marriage of the information highway and the actual highway, Dianne Whitacre, The Charlotte Observer’s transportation reporter, tracks commuters on an electronic database that provides sources for every story on her beat. By Pat Ford.
Sounding Off on Schools
Laura Tutor of The Anniston Star reports on how the paper provided a forum for the community to voice their concerns on a proposed school system merger.
Civic Connections: Getting Them Right
Three top editors discussed what civic journalism has taught them.
Civic Impact: Citizens Do Notice
Four people who have participated in civic journalism initiatives discussed the impact of those efforts.
Speaking Truth to the Power of Wall Street
Hodding Carter III, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, challenges journalists to change the culture of the newsroom from that motivated to acquire profit to that motivated to acquire news.
Charlotte: Helping to Lead
The Taking Back of Our Neighborhoods series has had impact in those neighborhoods far beyond merely starting the discussions.
Survey Pinpoints a Sea Change in Newsroom Attitudes and Practices
An unprecedented survey of 512 U.S. daily newspapers with circulations of 20,000 or more reveals dramatic shifts in news topic and a hunger for more interactivity with readers.
Self-Publishing Communities: Partnering with the New Competition.
A presentation by Glenn Ritt, The Bergen Record. Glenn Ritt, former vice president of news and information at The Bergen Record in Hackensack, N.J., shares his ideas for making newspapers the foundation of a region’s information highway by building partnerships with community groups on the Web. Ritt is now publisher of the Cape Codder of […]
Civic Journalism: It’s (More Than) Just Good Journalism (Spanish Translation Only)
Davis “Buzz” Merritt, former editor of The Wichita Eagle and an early innovator in civic journalism, and media analyst Hodding Carter III talk about what journalism has become and how civic journalism is addressing some of the problems. 30 minutes, accompanied by a transcript. (See Ordering Publications page for mailing costs.)
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Civic Journalism A Work In Progress… The Gazette in Colorado Springs is trying to do civic journalism from the “inside out ” – by creating what editor Steven A. Smith calls a civic culture in the newsroom. Through public listening, alternative framing and tapping new voices, Smith is challenging his journalists to invent a better kind […]