1999 Batten Awards and Symposium
A Citizen’s-Eye View: Civic Journalism, Civic Engagement
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Monday, May 3, 1999
Sponsored by:
- Pew Center for Civic Journalism
- Star Tribune
- St. Paul Pioneer Press
- KTCA-TV, Twin Cities Public Television
- Minnesota Public Radio
- Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Introduction
By Jan Schaffer
Executive Director
1999 Award Winners
- Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram for “The Deadliest Drug: Maine’s Addiction to Alcohol”
- KRON-TV, San Francisco for “About Race”
- St. Paul Pioneer Press for “Poverty Among Us”
Symposium Keynote Addresses
Why “the Informed Citizen” Is Too Much to Ask – and Not Enough
Michael Schudson
Professor, University of California- San Diego
Author, “The Good Citizen, A History of American Civic Life”
Civic Journalism: It’s Gotta Have Heart
Zack Stalberg
Vice President and Editor
The Philadelphia Daily News
Symposium Panel Presentations
E-Democracy: Alternative Methods for Engaging Citizens
Panelists:
Phil Madsen, Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura’s Webmaster
Kathleen deLaski, Director, AOL’s News Programming
David Brauer, Minnesota E-Democracy List Manager
New Research Findings
- Civic Engagement in American Cities: Who, What, When, Where, Why and So What – Greg Markus, University of Michigan
- Will Any Kind of Talk Do? – Teri Pinney, The Harwood Institute
- If You Build It and They Come, Then What? – Robert P. Daves, Star Tribune, Christina L. Fiebich, University of Minnesota
- Evaluating Television Programs that Promote Civic Engagement – Kenneth A. Rasinski, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
Can Different Groups Who Care About Civic Engagement Complement One Another?
Press Release
March 17, 1999
St. Paul, San Francisco and Portland News Organizations Win 1999 Batten Prize for Excellence in Civic Journalism.