The Record TCI, Northern New Jersey Caucus Educational Corp. “The Quality of Life Project” comprised a number of ambitious efforts to stimulate informed public dialogue about how to preserve Bergen County’s best qualities in an era of increasing congestion, rising crime and a changing economy. The first step was to find the consensus on what […]

St. Paul Pioneer Press KARE-TV (NBC) Wilder Research Center Following up on the success of its “Safer Cities” project, the paper focused on intergenerational conflict with the eight-week, 14-part series “Across Generations: What Do We Owe Each Other?” First, a poll of 1,528 adults in the Twin Cities area showed some of the differences between […]

San Francisco Chronicle KQED-FM (NPR) KRON-TV (NBC) The partners in the two-year-old “Voice of the Voter” project decided to join forces for a non-electoral effort in 1996 and took on the issue of traffic congestion in “Unlock the Gridlock.” Some 1,500 people participated in five public forums held between May 1996 and April 1997, exploring […]

The Working Group KQED-TV Public Radio’s “Marketplace” The critically acclaimed “Livelyhood” project, a four-part, public television series on the changing nature of work in the United States, used a national poll, town hall-style discussions, the Internet and a specially devised “tool kit” to encourage working Americans to confront and discuss emerging challenges and issues in […]

Star-Gazette WETM-TV (NBC) WSKG-FM, WSKG-TV A year-long project looked at the impact of the region’s higher-than-average cancer rate and the steps citizens can take to prevent the disease. Monthly installments in the paper, each focusing on a different aspect of the disease, were complemented by radio and television news segments and special TV programs as […]

Press & Sun-Bulletin WSKG Public Broadcasting The Pew Center supported a series of public forums, newspaper stories and radio and television broadcasts, which began in May 1998 and ran periodically through 1999, to educate the aging population in and around Binghamton, NY, on issues related to the end of life. The partners also launched a […]

Lawrence Journal-World 6News J-W Web Works With “Lawrence is Growing,” the partners helped citizens of the university town, long polarized on the issue of growth, find common ground and make concrete proposals to public officials on how to manage growth. The six-month project began April 15, 2001, with a three-week series about the history of […]

The Savannah Morning News The paper published an 11-part series on the issues faced by the region’s growing elderly population, beginning in September of 1999 and continuing through the summer of 2000. The coverage became a prime example of unraveling a community’s “master narrative.” A Pew-supported survey of 740 Savannah-area residents helped frame the topics […]