Pew Center Civic Journalism Projects
This past year, several civic journalism projects have been funded by the Center for Civic Journalism, which was set up by the Pew Charitable Trusts as the centerpiece of its “Renewing Our Democratic Heart” initiative. The center seeks to help newspapers and radio and television stations strengthen their ties with readers, listeners and viewers. CHARLOTTE, […]
Twelve Initiatives Funded This Year
The Pew Center received 30 civic journalism proposals this year and funding will go to 11 media partnerships and to Public Radio News Directors to help create a radio documentary on civic journalism. Civic journalism efforts funded this year range from studying children beset by violence in Detroit, to holding a community conversation in Grand […]
The James K. Batten Award
The James K. Batten Award “. . . I think it’s good that our people realize it’s not enough to just lay out the wickedness of the world . . . but that they’re also asking, How can I help my community? How can I help it do a better job?” –James K. Batten Chairman, […]
Civic Journalism … What’s Happening
Charlotte, N.C. Partners: The Charlotte Observer, WSOC-TV (ABC) WPEG-FM and WBAV-FM. Charlotte’s successful “Taking Back our Neighborhoods/Carolina Crime Solutions” project just completed the “media blitz” reporting on the seventh in a series about 10 neighborhoods beset by crime. Then on June 1, Gov. Jim Hunt attended the town meeting that helped launch reporting on the […]
James K. Batten Symposium on Civic Journalism
Thomas Winship CHAIR, BATTEN AWARD ADVISORY BOARD “Cynicism about public life is at all all-time high. History’s first presidential campaign to engage new media techniques galore is about to begin. And in the media, it’s a merger a day. Callous cynicism and failure of confidence abound in too many newsrooms. Circulation and listenership are flat […]
Projects
The Public Agenda TALLAHASSEE, FLA. PARTNERS: TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, WCTV (CBS), FLORIDA STATE AND FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITIES The Democrat’s editorial board advanced “The Public Agenda” project with a series on teen pregnancy that ended with a forum Aug. 28, featuring the young people interviewed. A Quality of Life seminar, “Seeking Solutions: How can we break the cyle […]
Pew Center’s New Projects
The Pew Center received 40 civic journalism proposals for this year and funding will go to 17 media partnerships. These civic journalism efforts range from reporting on the community effects of corporate downsizing in Binghamton, N.Y., to soliciting community input on the white separatists and militant militia influx around Spokane, Wash., to quelling domestic and […]
What’s Happening in Pew Center Projects
Peoria, Ill. PARTNERS: THE JOURNAL STAR, WMBD-TV(CBS),WMBD-AM, WTVP (PBS), WCBU-FM (NPR), ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE OF PEORIA AND BRADLEY UNIVERSITY The paper kicked off its “Leadership Challenge” coverage in January with a series of stories about the dearth of leaders. “Before, the staff had doubts about whether this was a story,” said managing editor Jack Brimeyer. […]
The Pew Center is Renewed
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced last month a three-year, $4.3 million renewal of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, an incubator for innovative, start-up civic journalism efforts at newspapers, television and radio stations around the country. The Center was created in 1993 as the centerpiece of the Trusts’ initiative, “Renewing our Democratic Heart,” to […]
What’s Happening in Pew Center Projects
“We the People, Wisconsin” MADISON, WIS. PARTNERS: WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION, WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, WISC-TV (CBS) AND WOOD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP The Partners explored the highly charged budget crunch at University of Wisconsin’s 26-campus system at town meetings in Eau Claire, Wausau and Madison. Then citizens from all three sites reconvened via a round-robin […]