Five Newspapers and One Television Station Set To Inaugurate Seminars on Communities
Washington, D.C., February 25, 1999 — The Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Harwood Institute today announced the six news organizations that will take part in the first Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars, a series of three two-day workshops designed to improve reporters and editors capacities to understand and interpret their communities. The six news groups […]
Pew Center for Civic Journalism Renewed
Pew Center for Civic Journalism Supports 15 News Experiments
Pioneering Coverage of Economic, Science, Energy Issues New Models for Wire Stories Projects Push Technology to Trigger Community Interaction Washington, D.C., October 28, 1999 — A zeal for creating new models of journalism and innovative uses of the Web to report on pressing, but underreported, community issues distinguish 15 new initiatives that will receive funding next […]
Sprawl Now Joins Crime as Top Concern
Polls Detect Major Racial and Class Fault Lines in Views of Schools, Police, News Media Washington, D.C., February 15, 2000 — As the national campaign season reaches full swing, a new series of polls reveals that American’s top concerns are directed much closer to home, with dramatic frustrations over sprawl and growth now edging out […]
Twelve News Organizations Picked for Civic Mapping Seminars
Washington, D.C., March 23, 2000 — Twelve news organizations from 11 cities have been selected to participate in this year’s Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars, a training opportunity to help journalists tap different layers of community life and expand their Rolodex of sources and voices, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism announced today. The seminars will build […]
A Journalist’s Toolbox” Building Better Journalism New Pew Center Videos Sharpen Core Routines and Reflexes
Washington, D.C., October 23, 2000 — Practical tools to help journalists learn about what’s happening in their communities and do a better job of reporting the news are spotlighted in a new set of four training videos from the Pew Center for Civic Journalism. Each 13-minute video describes deliberate strategies that reporters, editors and producers around […]
Pew Center for Civic Journalism Supports 16 News Experiments
“Sim City”-like mapping tools herald new avenues for community reporting Education, Sprawl, Community Publishing are Key Concerns Washington, D.C., November 9, 2000 — Clickable maps of undeveloped waterfront. Smart Growth maps of a coastal resort. Online cancer risk calculators. Webcams in Spanish-speaking homes. These are among 16 new ideas to help newsrooms engage their communities that […]
journalism Interactive Survey Pinpoints a Sea Change in Attitudes and Practices Engagement Defines New Era of Journalism
Washington, DC, August 11, 2001 — Clickable Web maps that let the public chart choices around growth, reapportion their Congressional districts, track water-supply consequences and simulate family scenarios are ushering in a new era of high-tech engagement in several initiatives the Pew Center for Civic Journalism will fund in the coming year. “Journalists are demonstrating a […]
Pew Center Supports 14 Initiatives Clickable Web Maps Involve Citizens in Public Policy Choices Race Relations Coverage Dominates Topics
Washington, DC, August 11, 2001 — Clickable Web maps that let the public chart choices around growth, reapportion their Congressional districts, track water-supply consequences and simulate family scenarios are ushering in a new era of high-tech engagement in several initiatives the Pew Center for Civic Journalism will fund in the coming year. “Journalists are demonstrating a […]
Twelve News Organizations Picked for Civic Mapping Seminar
Washington, D.C., October 8, 2001 — Twelve news organizations will take part in the fourth Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars. The weekend workshop, Nov. 9-11, in Washington, DC, is designed to improve reporters’ and editors’ capacities to understand their communities better and tell untold stories. Co-sponsored by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Harwood Institute […]