The "We the People/Wisconsin" news partners came up with a new way to cover the gubernatorial campaign - they took the state's candidates for governor on blindfolded day trips to meet with state citizens. By Tom Still.
News organizations involved in nine projects work to make a difference on issues including education, the environment and community relations.
In the eight years since news organizations in Charlotte, NC, joined efforts for "Taking Back Our Neighborhoods" (TBON), the quality of life has improved in at least eight of the 10 neighborhoods. By Charlene Price-Patterson.
Semifinalists for this year's Batten Awards include the Raleigh News & Observer for "The New Segregation" series, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle for "The Big Deal: Illegal Drugs in the Rochester Region" and the Chronicle-Tribune for "Defining Moments," a look at community renewal in Marion, IN.
Hear what civic journalism leaders said about their winning projects.
Civic journalism is an arrow in our quiver in fighting subversive inactivity. By Rebecca Rimel.
Hodding Carter III, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, challenges journalists to change the culture of the newsroom from that motivated to acquire profit to that motivated to acquire news.
Four people who have participated in civic journalism initiatives discuss the impact of those efforts in a panel at the 2002 Batten Symposium.