Civic Catalyst: Pew Updates

Summer 2002

What's New in Pew Projects
News organizations involved in nine projects work to make a difference on issues including education, the environment and community relations.

Spring 2002

New Hunter-Gatherers Assemble the News
Through new models of interactive journalism, the public is moving from passive news consumers to active co-authors of their own stories. By Jan Schaffer.

What's Happening in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 2002 projects.

A Rush to Close Public Information
Orlando Sentinel Editor Tim Franklin addressed participants at the Pew/IRE Workshop "Tapping New Data Territories" February 23 in Tampa.

Winter 2002

Tell Us Your Civic Journalism Story
To chronicle the legacy of civic journalism, the Pew Center invites you to share your experiences. By Jan Schaffer.

What's Happening in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 2002 projects.

A Celebration of Civic Journalism
At the "Celebration of Civic Journalism" breakfast at APME, panelists describe how civic journalism has enhanced their coverage.

Harwood Mapping Seminar
Twelve newspapers came together in Washington, DC, to learn civic mapping skills to dig deeper into their communities.

Fall 2001

Mining a Collection of Race Stories
Delving into the Divide stemmed from the more than 600 civic journalism projects collected by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism. By Jan Schaffer.

New Pew Center Projects
Clickable web maps involve citizens in public policy choices. Race Relations coverage dominates topics of the 14 initiatives the Pew Center funded in 2002.

Civic Innovations: Media for a New America
The Pew Center sponsored a superworkshop at the 2001 NABJ Convention in Orlando.

Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars Resume
Twelve news organizations will take part on the fourth Harwood Civic Mapping Seminar in November.

Summer 2001

What's Happening in Pew Projects
As news organizations in 10 states strive to engage the public in coverage grappling with issues that include growth, medical ethics and education, their communities respond.

Indianapolis Workshop
Panelists describe their newsrooms' continuing efforts to engage the public at a workshop that drew about 100 journalists.

Spring 2001

What's Happening in Pew Projects
Updates on 12 initiatives funded by the Pew Center that tackle tough issues, including education, growth, and development, medical ethics and living with cancer.

Record Numbers Attend First Quarter Civic Journalism Conferences
The Pew Center's first four conferences of 2001 are an unqualified success. Catalyst category: Pew Updates

Winter 2001

Pew Center's New Projects
The Pew Center funds efforts to foster community discussion on education, sprawl, and health in 16 communities -- including first Sim-City like mapping efforts.

Fall 2000

A Journalist's ToolBox: Building New Routines and Reflexes
Retool some core competencies. This new 4-video Journalist's ToolBox will help journalists ask better questions, find better sources, discover new stories and report them better. It draws on the experiences of working journalists in Charlotte, Norfolk, Tampa, and Orange County, CA. By Dana Clark Felty.

What's New in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 2000 projects.

Civic Journalism Workshops
An overview of three Pew workshops held this summer in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Phoenix.

Summer 2000

What's Happening in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 2000 projects.

Spring 2000

Twelve Newsrooms Try Civic Mapping
Representatives of twelve media organizations were selected to take part the second year of Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars to learn better ways to probe the complex layers of their communities.

What's Happening in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 2000 projects.

Pew Center/IRE Workshop, Atlanta
Highlights from March 10-12, 2000 workshop in Atlanta, "Counting, Caring & Connecting: Making Data Meaningful."

Winter 2000

Reinventing Journalism: What Is It and What Could It Be?
Highlights from the Pew Center's New York forum. Featuring: Mike McCurry, Zoe Baird, Steve Brill, Jack Nelson, and Alex Jones.

What's Happening in Pew Projects
The Pew Center helps to fund 15 new projects for 2000.

Fall 1999

Boston University to Host Batten 2000 Awards
"Civic Journalism: The Public, the Media and the Campaign" will be the topic of the 2000 Batten Awards and Symposium, to be held in Boston in April, 2000.

What Makes a School Good? What Makes a School Story Good?
Highlights from the Education Writer's Colloquium sponsored by the Pew Center and the Kettering Foundation at the University of Maryland.

What's Happening in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 1999 projects.

Summer 1999

What's Happening in Pew Projects
An update on the progress of the Pew Center's 1999 projects.

Pew Center is Renewed
The Pew Center has been granted funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts to continue its activities through 2002.

Community Journalism Summit, San Francisco
Some highlights from a workshop May 21-23 co-sponsored by the Pew Center, the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and the San Francisco Examiner.

Pew/IRE Workshop, Baltimore
Excerpts from speakers at an April 9-11 workshop co-sponsored by the Pew Center and Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Spring 1999

What’s Happening in Pew Center Projects
From New Hampshire to Georgia, New York to California, the Pew Center’s 1999 projects are going full speed ahead. A quarterly update.

Five Newspapers, One TV Station Inaugurate Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars
Representatives of six media organizations were selected to take part in the first Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars to learn better ways to probe the complex layers of their communities.

Winter 1999

Pew Center's New Projects
With the Pew center's support, 15 new civic journalism initiatives are underway in a dozen states where journalists are testing new methods of reporting local issues; looking for better ways to broaden their range of sources; and using cyberspace and two-way TV to increase citizen involvement.

Learn How to Tap into Your Community
Do you worry that important voices, places and issues are missing from your news coverage? Get a blueprint for rediscovering your community at the pew Center's Harwood Civic Mapping seminars.

Don't Stop There!
This new book from the Pew Center for Civic Journalism chronicles how five news organiztions used civic journalism to highlight serious community problems and then helped their readers try to solve them.

Call for Entries
There's still time. But the deadline is approaching for the 1999 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism.

Fall 1998

Tune In Your Community. Turn On Your Viewers
A new Pew Center video offers an in-depth look at how five television newsrooms around the country use civic journalism to create powerful programming that connects with viewers.

What's Happening in Pew Projects
Developments and techniques in Pew-funded projects.

Public Journalism Cited in Portland Purchase
A tradition of civic journalism, including the 1996's "Maine Citizens' Campaign," was among the reasons cited in The Seattle Times Co. purchase of The Portland Newspapers.

Social Security: Up for Grabs
The Pew Center helped journalists discuss ways to include citizen voices in covering various Social Security reform options at a September workshop.

Summer 1998

What's Happening in Pew Projects
A quick look at the 1998 Pew Center-sponsored projects.

Spring 1998

What's Happening in Pew Projects
The 13 Pew-sponsored projects of 1998 get underway, tackling such issues as racial change in the community, growth and development and elections.

More New Videos
Three new videos from a civic journalism retreat at the Poynter Institute in November are available for newsroom or classroom discussion. Presentations by Dennis Hartig of the Virginian-Pilot, Jody Calendar fo the Asbury Park press and Glenn Ritt of the Bergen Record address civic journalism from several perspectives.

Winter 1998

Pew Center's New Projects
Thirteen projects are selected to receive funding this year by the Pew Center's Advisory Board.

A Farewell
Ed Fouhy says goodbye to the Pew Center after five years as the executive director.

In Search of the Innovators
New Pew Center Executive Director Jan Schaffer lays out her vision for the future.

A Refreshing Dialogue about the Role of Journalism
The Pew Charitable Trusts' Rebecca Rimel reiterates the Trusts' support for the Pew Center and its goals as its leadership changes.

Fall 1997

What's Happening in Pew Projects
A look at the latest developments in Pew Center-sponsored projects.

The Batten Award is Renewed
The Pew Charitable Trusts has renewed funding for another three years for the annual $25,000 Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism and accompanying symposium.

Summer 1997

What's New With Pew Center Projects
An update on projects, from the Maine Citizens' Campaign to Myrtle Beach's "Living in a Boom Town."

Spring 1997

What's Happening in Pew Center Projects
Traffic, voter participation rates and growth and development are among the topics targeted by Pew projects this year -- here's what they're up to.

Congratulations
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and The Record in Bergen County are honored for their civic journalism initiatives.

Winter 1997

Pew Center's New Projects
The Pew Center's Advisory Board has selected 13 civic journalism efforts to receive funding in the fourth year of the support for civic journalism experiments.

Fall 1996

What's Happening in Pew Center Projects
An update on civic journalism at the 1996 project sites.

Summer 1996

What's Happening in Pew Center Projects
An update on the 1996 Pew projects.

The Pew Center is Renewed
The Pew Charitable Trusts announce that it has renewed its funding for the Pew Center for Civic Journalism for another three years.

Spring 1996

What's Happening in Pew Center Projects
1996 projects take on tough issues such as corporate downsizing, lack of leadership in the community, domestic violence and the upcoming elections.

Winter 1996

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.

Fall 1995

Projects
What's new in Pew projects?

James K. Batten Symposium on Civic Journalism
Excerpts of speakers' remarks and discussion from the September 13 symposium in Washington, D.C.

Summer 1995

Civic Journalism ... What's Happening
Projects sponsored by the Pew Center continue to learn from their civic journalism efforts, which are expanding to both on-line and cable television forums.

The James K. Batten Award
A new $25,000 award for excellence in civic journalism has been established and named in the memory of former Knight Ridder CEO James Batten.

Spring 1995

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

Winter 1995

Pew Center Civic Journalism Projects
A recap of Pew Center-sponsored journalism during 1994