{"id":4697,"date":"2026-08-27T20:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2026-08-27T20:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:40:33","slug":"twelve-news-organizations-picked-for-civic-mapping-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/twelve-news-organizations-picked-for-civic-mapping-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve News Organizations Picked for Civic Mapping Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C., October 8, 2001<\/b>\u00a0— Twelve news organizations will take part in the fourth Harwood Civic Mapping Seminars. The weekend workshop, Nov. 9-11, in Washington, DC, is designed to improve reporters’ and editors’ capacities to understand their communities better and tell untold stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-sponsored by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, the mapping seminars are designed to help newsrooms tap into new places and develop alternative sources of news.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants will learn approaches and skills to literally map the civic layers of either geographic communities or communities of interest. The approach was first outlined by Richard C. Harwood, president of The Harwood Institute, in “Tapping Civic Life: How to Report First, and Best, What’s Happening in Your Community,” a workbook based on research in various newsrooms and supported and published by the Pew Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Reporters tell us again and again that with a little bit of mapping, they have discovered scores of new stories in their communities,” said Jan Schaffer, executive director of the Pew Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

“A Journalist’s ToolBox” a four-part video series produced by the Pew Center will also serve as a training tool for the newsrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

“In order for newspapers to report on their communities, they need to understand those communities deeply,” says Harwood, who will lead the seminar.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Tapping into civic life is an important part of that process.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Harwood has spent more than 10 years studying the relationship between citizens, public concerns and the news media – and how these relationships can be strengthened. He has worked with major news organizations and he led the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Journalism Values Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n

The news organizations were selected based on proposals they submitted. The participants and the areas they seek to map include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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