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The 2002 James K. Batten Awards and Symposium for Excellence in Civic Journalism

You are invited to listen to the legacy…

Civic Journalism
Celebrating the Past; Focusing on the Future
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Monday, April 22, 2002

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Event Agenda

8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION, Carroll Hall

8:45 a.m. WELCOME

Richard Cole, Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jan Schaffer, Director, Pew Center for Civic Journalism

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. CIVIC CONNECTIONS: GETTING THEM RIGHT

Lessons from a decade of citizen-focused journalism

Jennie Buckner, The Charlotte Observer
Frank Denton, Wisconsin State Journal
Dennis Hartig, The Virginian-Pilot

10:30 – 11:45 a.m. CIVIC NEWSROOMS: BUILDING NEW REFLEXES

How some journalists are doing their jobs differently

Steve Smith, Statesman Journal, Salem, OR
Dan Suwyn, Savannah Morning News
Gary Walker, WXXI-TV, Rochester, NY
Chris Satullo, The Philadelphia Inquirer

11:45 – 12:15 p.m. BATTEN AWARD WINNERS

Jack Nelson, Chair, Pew Center Advisory Board

12:30 – 2:15 p.m. LUNCHEON and KEYNOTES, The Carolina Inn

Introduction: Ed Fouhy, Pew Center on the States
Rebecca Rimel, President, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Walker Lundy, Editor and Executive Vice President, The Philadelphia Inquirer

2:30 – 3:15 p.m. CIVIC IMPACT: DO CITIZENS NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE?

Citizens talk about civic journalism’s impact

Ferrel Guillory, The Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. CIVIC MEASURES: MOVING THE NEEDLE

Researchers discuss the impact of civic journalism

Jay Rosen, New York University
Esther Thorson, University of Missouri
Lewis Friedland, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Philip Meyer, UNC-Chapel Hill

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. CIVIC INNOVATIONS: BUILDING NEW INTERACTIONS

Opportunities and challenges of the Web

Gil Thelen, The Tampa Tribune
Stan Strick, The Herald, Everett, WA
Jon Greenberg, New Hampshire Public Radio
Martha Steffens, University of Missouri

6:15 p.m. RECEPTION

7:00 p.m. DINNER and KEYNOTE, The Carolina Inn

Introduction: Davis (Buzz) Merritt, Editor and Author
Hodding Carter III, President, CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation