2001 Batten Awards and Symposium

Media and Democracy

Kent State University
April 19, 2001

Sponsored by:

• Pew Center for Civic Journalism
• Kent State University
• Akron Beacon Journal
• WKSU Radio, 89.7 Kent State University
• PBS Channels 45 and 49, Youngstown/Akron

Watch the Batten Symposium webcast: www.wksu.org/batten/

Introduction
By Jan Schaffer
Executive Director

2001 Batten Award Winners

• The Winner: "West Virginia After Coal" The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, WV and West Virginia Public Broadcasting

• Runner-Up: "Unrealized Assets " The Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, MA

• Runner-Up: "Moment of Truth" Chronicle-Tribune, Marion, IN
  
  
• Honorable Mention: "On the Verge" Portland Newspapers, Portland, ME
• Honorable Mention: "The New Face of Minnesota" St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN
• Honorable Mention: "Election Guide 2000" America Online, Inc., Dulles, VA
• Honorable Mention: "Choose or Lose 2000" MTV Networks, New York, NY
• Honorable Mention: "Guinea Pig Kids" Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN
  

Batten Awards Luncheon Keynote Address

New Media, Converged Media, Multimedia: What Shall We Do With Them?
Reid Ashe
Publisher
The Tampa Tribune

Batten Symposium Panels

Convergence and the Community: All Bells and Whistles?

Race and Civic Journalism: Case Studies and What's Been Learned

New Journalism, New Interactions

Press Release

March 26, 2001
2001 Batten Awards Honor Civic Turnaround Efforts
Deep Community Work Sparks Results