When "Angels in America" came to Charlotte, The Observer struggled to find a civic approach to covering the community turmoil. Government Editor Chuck Clark reports on the surprising citizen viewpoints and the ways the paper reported on them.
Ervin Duggan, President of the Public Broadcasting Service, advocates bold experimentation in his 1997 Batten Symposium keynote address.
Cole Campbell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch talks about embracing new challenges and changing the way we think about news at the Batten Symposium on May 14.
Who's a journalist in the digital age? The Bergen Record's Glenn Ritt discusses the paper's efforts to connect with community groups through traditional media and on-line at the Batten Symposium.
An update on projects, from the Maine Citizens' Campaign to Myrtle Beach's "Living in a Boom Town."
Over the three years of this joint project of The Tallahassee Democrat and WCTV, over 1,000 people were involved in 15 discussion groups that met regularly to discuss a wide range of community issues such as crime and race relations. The partners commissioned survey research to measure the impact of the project.
The Weekly Planet in Tampa Bay frames a complicated issue in their community in a new way, exploring the consequences and options of privatizing a local public hospital.
A surprising number of editors surveyed by ASNE show some level of support for civic journalism values and/or tools, according to a report released in April.