Ways to Connect and Participate
With JTM Online you can…
- Become part of a community
- Bring your questions and experiences to some of our working groups
- Join a regional experiment (i.e. The Seattle Journalism Commons)
- Not seeing what you need? Start you’re own experiment right here! You can make a blog, or start a new group to serve an unmet need.
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JTM Accomplishments
Since 2001 JTM has:
- Hosted 14 “unconferences” across the U.S.
- Convened over 1,200 journalists, reformers, and community activists
- Inspired hundreds of media initiatives from Washington D.C. to Seattle
- Asked questions & stimulated conversation vital to healthy journalism & healthy communities
Please visit us at our new home on the web at journalismthatmatters.net
The case for government investment in journalism, a manifesto
At the end of this discourse, someone will accuse me of fouling my own nest. That’s if you ever even see this commentary, printed or online in what used to be called the local newspaper. Regardless, it will circulate. As do the words of the late Edward R. Murrow, the legendary CBS journalist, more than [...]
JTM-Denver Post Your Session Notes
I know it makes more sense to go straight to the link, but there’s an odd quirk in the system that takes you through this page. So click here to post your session notes for JTM-Denver: www.journalismthatmatters.org/conversations If you have questions, contact us
Journalism That Matters Receives a Three-year Grant Totaling $90,000 from the Mott Foundation
Multi-year funding will help nonprofit illuminate news experiments nationwide Journalism That Matters (JTM), an organization that is shaping the news and media landscape with breakthrough engagement practices, has received a three-year, $90,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Known for convening diverse people who are shaping the emerging news and information ecosystem, the Mott [...]
Journalism is Dead; Long Live Journalism
April 3-4, 2013 in Denver. What’s great in the emerging news and information ecosystem? Journalism That Matters comes to Denver for a two-day gathering of journalists, technologists, educators, students, librarians, and engaged citizens. Come prepared to identify what’s working in the new news ecosystem . . .
The Art of Engagement: The Role of Journalism in a Civic Infrastructure
At the October 2012 National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation Conference, about 40 people came together to consider how journalists and practitioners of civic engagement might work together to improve the information health of communities. Three “conversation catalysts” set the stage: Peggy Holman, Co-founder, Journalism That Matters Mike Fancher, Seattle Times Executive Editor (retired), and [...]
6 Actionable Ideas for Solving Political Fact-Checking and Rewarding Truth
Summary of JTM National Teleconference Sept. 25 on “Facts, Fibs, and Accountability in Political Reporting” One key to solving the politics/political reporting dilemma of facts and fact-checking may be to engage people as more than voters. “When politics and political leaders treat the public like consumers more than voters and politics as a product, then [...]
