{"id":231,"date":"2026-08-06T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:56:04","slug":"about-the-pew-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/about-the-pew-center\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Pew Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"231\" class=\"elementor elementor-231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e973164 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e973164\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd7b8fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fd7b8fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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tabindex=\"-1\">Selected Press Releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4040\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/related-links\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Related Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4349\"><a href=\"https:\/\/j-lab.org\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">About J-Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ede97 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ede97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;This is an archived site of work by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism from 1994 to 2002. 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For more information, contact: [<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/j-lab.org\/\">J-Lab<\/a><\/span> ]&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c1604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33c1604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is an archived site of work by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism from 1994 to 2002. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">More about the Pew Center <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/about-the-pew-center\/\">here<\/a>. <\/span>The Pew Center spun into <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/j-lab.org\/\">J-Lab<\/a><\/span>: the Institute for Interactive Journalism in 2002. 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It operated from 1993 to 2002. J-Lab, its successor project, archives its projects and publications, and maintains its website.<p>The Pew Center shared the results of these experiments with the journalism professions through its:<\/p><ul class=\"pew-bullet-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/james-k-batten-awards\/\">James K. Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/funding-for-civic-journalism-projects\/\">Funding for Civic Journalism Projects<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/past-pew-center-workshops\/\">Workshops<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/community-impact-journalism-shifts-cited-in-new-civic-journalism-study\/\">Spotlights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/videos\/\">Videos<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/civic-catalyst-newsletter\/\">Quarterly Civic Catalyst Newsletters<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/speeches-articles\/\">Presentations<\/a> and other outreach<\/li><\/ul><\/section><p><!-- Who We Are Section --><\/p><section class=\"pew-section\"><a id=\"whoweare\" name=\"whoweare\"><\/a><br \/><strong><span class=\"pew-section-title\">Who We Are <\/span><\/strong>The Pew Center for Civic Journalism was created by The Pew Charitable Trusts to help stimulate citizen involvement in community issues.<p>The project helped print and broadcast news organizations experiment with ways to reconnect to their communities and engage their citizens in dialogue and problem solving.<\/p><p>Major partners have included the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, IRE, The Maynard Institute, NPR, PBS\u2019s Democracy Project, The Kettering Foundation, National Association of Black Journalists and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The Tides Center of San Francisco administers the project.<\/p><p>The Center shared the results of various civic journalism experiments with the journalism community through its workshops, publications, videos, and other outreach programs. Since the Center was created, more than 3,520 journalists have attended 49 workshops; more than 10,000 journalists and civic leaders now receive the Center\u2019s quarterly newsletter; and about 226 news organizations have participated in 121 civic journalism initiatives supported by the Center.<\/p><p>The Pew Charitable Trusts, based in Philadelphia, make strategic investments to help organizations and citizens develop practical solutions to difficult problems. 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