Three Newspapers Share First James Batten Award for Outstanding Civic Journalism Efforts
Washington, D.C., Thursday May 2, 1996 – The Pew Charitable Trusts and the pew Center for Civic Journalism today announced the recipients of the first James K. Batten Award presented for excellence in civic journalism. The awards will be presented May 14 in Washington. The three newspapers sharing the first prize of $25,000 are The Charlotte Observer, for […]
Pew Center for Civic Journalism Grant Renewed Through 1999
Washington, D.C., June 20, 1996 – The Board of The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today a three-year, $4.3 million renewal of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, an incubator for innovative, start-up civic journalism efforts at newspapers, television and radio stations around the country. The Center was created in 1993 as the centerpiece of The Trusts’ […]
New Voter Education Project Reaches One in Four North Carolina Voters, and Impresses 82% Favorably
Respondents to new survey positive on campaign media coverage Washington, D.C., December 1996 – A civic Journalism project devoted to issues-based coverage of the North Carolina Senate and gubernatorial races caught the attention of one in four voters of the state, according to a statewide survey of registered voters in North Carolina taken immediately after the […]
Three Newspapers Share Batten Prize for Outstanding Civic Journalism Efforts
Washington, D.C., Friday April 11, 1997 – The Pew Center for Civic Journalism today announced the recipients of the 1997 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism. The awards will be presented May 14 in Washington, D.C. The three newspapers sharing the prize of $25,000 are the Peoria Journal Star for its project, “The […]
Public Journalism Can’t Do It All
In-depth issues coverage fails to counter multimillion-dollar TV ad campaigns Washington, D.C., May 21, 1997 – The Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Record newspaper of Hackensack, N.J., today released a study showing that nine weeks and 54 full pages of issues-based coverage in the 1996 New Jersey Senate race failed to break through the […]
Jan Schaffer new Executive Director of Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Ed Fouhy to head new Pew Charitable Trusts journalism program Washington, DC, December 29, 1997 – Pulitzer Prize winner Jan Schaffer has been named Executive Director of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, replacing Edward M. Fouhy. Fouhy has accepted an assignment from the Pew Charitable Trusts to explore creating a new center to track and […]
Media Changing the Way Minority Issues and Politics Covered Citizen Involvement is Key to 13 New Civic Journalism Projects
Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 1998 – Newspapers and broadcasters increasingly are forming civic journalism partnerships to research and report on topics important to their communities. These in-depth reports generally include ways for citizens to generate their own ideas, recommendations and solutions to problems. The Pew Center for Civic Journalism has supported 62 of these civic journalism […]
Asbury Park, Baltimore and Idaho News Organizations Win 1998 Batten Prize For Excellence in Journalism
Washington, D.C., April 6, 1998 – Highlighting the cross-continental growth of civic journalism, the Asbury Park (NJ) Press, the Baltimore (MD) Sun and a coalition of Idaho newspapers and television stations will share the 1998 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism. The winners were announced by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, which […]
Jack Nelson of L.A. Times Named new Chairman of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Washington, D.C., July 9, 1998 – Jack Nelson, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and chief Washington correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, has accepted an invitation to become Chairman of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism’s Advisory Committee. “I’m enthusiastic about working with the Pew Center for Civic Journalism in its innovative efforts to improve the scope and quality of […]
Pew Center for Civic Journalism Funds 15 Experiments
Proposals Merge New Reporting Techniques with Internet, New Technologies and Traditional Journalism Practices Aim is to Deepen Regional Reporting; Develop Alternative News Sources Washington, DC, Nov. 11, 1998 — More sophisticated merging of new technologies and traditional journalism techniques with civic journalism practices are at the forefront of 15 news initiatives in 12 states that will […]