Robert Lane Interview
FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE ROBERT LANE INTERVIEWS (FIRST INTERVIEW: 2 MINUTES IN LENGTH) REPORTER (QUESTION): I have just one simple question. As a parent, as a resident, citizen, what would you do about school violence? What’s the answer? ROBERT LANE, PARENT (ANSWER): (Pause) Boy. (Pause) That’s a big question (Pause) First off, I would […]
TAPE 1: Interviewing: New Questions, Better Stories
TRT: 14:17 REPORTER: Mr. President, when you were briefed as you were today on yet another shooting, do you believe that this has just become something fundamental in American life, or is there something that can be done to alter the dynamic? THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think there are a lot of things that can […]
Batten Symposium: Panel Highlights Civic Innovations: Building New Interactions
Civic journalism was about interactivity long before newsrooms even knew what the Internet was. Early interactivity occurred through town hall meetings, focus groups and issue polls. Panelists discussed new forms of interactivity that are connecting citizens and altering journalism. GIL THELEN Vice President and Executive Editor The Tampa Tribune We have been using database and […]
Batten Symposium: Panel Highlights Civic Newsrooms: Building New Reflexes
Three top civic editors talked about newsroom goals, conversations and civic mapping to deliver useful news. STEVE SMITH Executive Editor, Statesman Journal, Salem, OR I promised a few of you I would open by debuting my new definition of civic journalism. Here it is: The relentless expression of professional values every news day until utterly […]
Batten Symposium: Panel Highlights Civic Connections: Getting Them Right
Three top editors discussed what civic journalism has taught them. JENNIE BUCKNER Editor, The Charlotte Observer The underlying premise is not something we always go into in journalism schools or in newsrooms. That is, if you’re really going to report a story well, start where the citizen starts. Start with the person who’s living this, […]
Batten Symposium: Panel Highlights Civic Impact: Citizens Do Notice
Four people who have participated in civic journalism initiatives discussed the impact of those efforts. Carol Lydon, Participant, “Citizen Voices,” Philadelphia “Citizen Voices” brought everybody together. People had to listen to each other because we had to see the vision as a city vision rather than just a neighborhood vision. By doing that, then we […]
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 […]
Change: Catch Up to the Readers
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 […]
Savannah’s “Vision 2010” Wins Batten Awards
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 […]