Civic Catalyst: Winter 1996

Moving in on the Beat
Wome new friends, new insight and the cockroaches were part of Pioneer Press reporter Richard Chin's foray into civic journalism.

Creating New Habits
Ken Doctor of the Pioneer Press discusses the paper's exploration of new territory in trying to make their civic journalism a daily effort.

Utah Growth Summit Attracts Half-Million Citizens
Competing media organizations set aside their differences to participate in a statewide town meeting focusing on growth and its consequences.

Pew Center's New Projects
The Pew Center's Advisory Board selects 17 projects for funding this year, focusing on efforts that combined good shoe-leather information gathers with opportunities for input from citizens and enterprising plans to publish and air stories on the findings.

Seeking Common Ground
The Tallahassee Democrat's Bill Berlow looks at school taxes in a new way and applies the lesson to his everyday coverage.

Charlotte: Helping to Lead
The Taking Back of Our Neighborhoods series has had impact in those neighborhoods far beyond merely starting the discussions.

Citizens Election Project
Project Director Stan Cloud reports on current developments with CEP projects in Iowa, New Hampshire, California and Florida.

America's Stuggle Within
The Harwood Group talked to 15 focus groups in four key primary states in an effort to uncover the issues that citizens consider important in the 1996 elections.