Civic Catalyst Newsletter
Winter 1997

Defining Civic Journalism

Definitions from key panelists at the Dec. 9 workshop,"Civic Journalism Washington Style, Reporting Beyond the Beltway," sponsored by the Pew Center, the Regional Reporters Association and the Freedom Forum in Rosslyn, Va.

"In writing about public life, we provide readers with the information they need to be citizens. It’s more of a consumer approach to public affairs reporting than most reporters are used to. Civic journalism is an antidote to some of the cheapening of the business, some of the market-driven forces."

Jennie Buckner, Editor, The Charlotte Observer

 


"I believe it’s journalism that grows out of the hopes, fears, dreams, conflicts and struggles of a particular community. It’s a point of view, an attitude, a set of values that informs what you do day in and day out."

Steve Smith, Editor,Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph


 

"Civic journalism is a journalism that begins every day with the conviction that readers and voters are as important as the sources and subjects of our stories."

David Shribman, Washington Bureau Chief, The Boston Globe

 


 






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