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More about the Pew Center here: [<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/about-the-pew-center\/\">About the Pew Center<\/a><\/span>]. The Pew Center spun into J-Lab: the Institute for Interactive Journalism in 2002. [<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\">Home<\/a>]<\/span>. 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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Newspaper editors assert that their civic journalism increased public deliberation, civic problem solving, volunteerism and changed public policy.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/study-measures-civic-journalisms-impact\/\"><strong>See the Research<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/civic-journalism-a-decade-of-civic-innovation\/\">Civic Journalism: A Decade of Civic Innovation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/><span class=\"sidebar-subtext\">See Jan Schaffer\u2019s SPJ Headliner Presentation Fort Worth, TX. 2002.<\/span><\/p><\/div><p><!-- J-LAB SECTION --><\/p><div class=\"sidebar-section\"><p><span class=\"sidebar-subtitle\"><br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/j-lab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p><p>The Pew Center has spun off into an exciting new initiative. J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. J-Lab, based at the University of Maryland, helps news organizations use innovative computer technologies to develop new ways for people to engage in critical public policy issues. It also spotlights cutting-edge journalism through a new Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><p><!-- ARCHIVES SECTION --><\/p><div class=\"sidebar-section\"><p><strong><span class=\"sidebar-subtitle\" style=\"color: #ffff3f;\">Civic Journalism Archives<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>Pew Center funded projects, exhibits, reports and Batten Award entries are being archived at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison for future research.<\/p><\/div><p><!-- WOMEN EDITORS SECTION --><\/p><div class=\"sidebar-section\"><p><span class=\"sidebar-subtitle\"><br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Great-Divide-pewstudy-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women Editors: The Great Divide<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p><p>Just one in 5 of the nation\u2019s top female editors said they definitely wanted to move up in the news industry, and almost 1 in 2 (45%) are looking to change newsrooms or leave the business altogether. But this 2002 report by the Pew Center and API finds that the great divide in newsrooms is not between women and men, but between two subsets of women: the Career-Confident and Career-Conflicted. See the full report, <a href=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Great-Divide-pewstudy-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Great Divide: Female Leadership in U.S. Newsrooms.\u201d (PDF)<\/a><\/p><\/div><p><!-- BOTTOM BANNER IMAGE --><\/p><div class=\"sidebar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/transforming-300x56.jpg\" alt=\"Transforming journalism today. 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