Civic Catalyst: Spring 1995

Still Learning After All These Years
Failure and success stories from Tom Still and Dave Iverson of the We the People/Wisconsin Project.

Twelve Initiatives Funded This Year
A recap of projects funded by the Pew Center for 1995.

On-Line
Bill Edmonds at the Tallahassee Democrat talks about moving the Public Agenda project on-line, with more that 300 citizens logging on for the discussion.

Does Civic Journalism Work?
Frank Denton and Esther Thorson formally measure the impact of the We the People/Wisconsin media coalition on reader and viewer engagement.

Wichita Reverses a Trend
The Eagle gets feedback that people were paying attention: "Coverage that start[ed] from the reader's viewpoint" boosted voter turnout in the '94 elections.

Planting the Seeds for 1996
Groundbreaking ideas to center election coverage on citizens grow out of a Boston brainstorming session in March.

Breaking New Ground
In San Francisco, the Chronicle's Voice of the Voter project gets some very quantitative feedback: a count of exactly how many voter-registration forms, distributed for the first time in the newspaper, were completed.

Tapping the Hidden Layers of Civic Life
Navigating the "swamp" -- Richard Harwood and Buzz Merritt find and explore civic spaces in Wichita.

Congratulations
"Taking Back Our Neighborhoods" garners the Observer accolades from the North Carolina Press Association.