New The Philadelphia Inquirer
2000 Batten Award Winner New The Philadelphia Inquirer “Citizen Voices ’99” “An extraordinary and original editorial page initiative that clearly laid out, not only the background on issues and policy matters in the race for Philadelphia’s mayor, but also the various options for dealing with those issues. It did not make decisions for people, rather […]
New Hampshire Public Radio
2000 Batten Award Winner New Hampshire Public Radio “Tax Challenge” “The New Hampshire Tax Challenge and its crisp and user-friendly online tax calculator did an outstanding job of creating common information on the most important public policy issue in the recent history of the state – passing statewide funding for education. It gave citizens a […]
Savannah Morning News
2000 Batten Award Winner Savannah Morning News “Aging Matters” “A comprehensive and creative examination of the issues surrounding an influx of retirees and an aging community. It stretched the definition of civic journalism in engaging and healthy ways through its use of community forums, polls, focus groups and web interaction. Its compelling information, well-edited and […]
Introduction By Jan Schaffer
2000 Batten Awards and Symposium The People’s Choice: The Media, the Campaign, and the Citizens Introduction By Jan Schaffer Executive Director Pew Center for Civic Journalism Choice. It is one of the most highly prized values of American society; an emblem of our culture. And it was very much at the heart of the three […]
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: San Diego Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] About The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a catalyst for charting a different course for America’s public life and politics. The Harwood Institute has partnered with the Pew Center for Civic Journalism to do civic mapping […]
The News Tribune
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: San Diego Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: About This Book >> ] The Tacoma News Tribune mapped five communities in five months. 1. The Auburn neighborhood 2. The City Hall beat 3. The Education beat 4. The Lakewood suburb 5. The Gig Harbor suburb The map seen here includes an overview of the Auburn community, lists of […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Denver Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Tacoma Civic Map >> ] The San Diego Union-Tribune is moving toward creating a multi-layered Intranet map of the Eastlake community. Right now, this map exists at just one newsroom computer station. Once the Intranet is up and running, any staff member, anywhere, […]
THE DENVER POST
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Tampa Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: San Diego Civic Map >> ] The reporters and editors at The Denver Post literally put up a giant wall chart in their newsroom and mapped a largely Hispanic community in northeast Denver. Through civic mapping, they uncovered businesses, churches and schools and discovered within that […]
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Part 4: Your Civic Map ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Denver Civic Map >> ] – The Tampa Tribune – WFLA-TV/Channel 8 – Tampa Bay Online These three news organizations banded together to map the Tampa Heights neighborhood, an area of town designated for redevelopment. They put their maps on […]
Part 4: Building Your Civic Map
Publications: Tapping Civic Life [ << Back: Part 3: What You Now Know ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Next: Tampa Civic Map >> ] Part 4: Building Your Civic Map You are ready to build your map. There are three important pieces to this work. 1. Create It. You need to pull together all of the knowledge you have gained […]