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.
About Journalism That Matters
JTM inspires, convenes and connects the diverse people molding the media of tomorrow. Our events and initiatives foster innovation and build bridges between the evolving journalism community and civic leaders and activists. JTM members help shape the emerging news and information ecosystem, creating journalism that both matters and supports a free democracy.
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
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 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 [...]
Sept. 25: Rewarding the Truth: Facts, Fibs and Accountability in Political Reporting
What will it take to increase the rewards for telling the truth in politics? In a test of a unique collaboration technology, Journalism That Matters (JTM) will create the platform for a 90-minute, solutions-based discussion of that question with a public teleconference, “Rewarding the Truth: Facts, Fibs and Accountability in Political Reporting.” Among participants will [...]
TAO of Journalism grows
The TAO of Journalism, brain child of Journalism That Matters alumni John Hamer, President of the Washington News Council, has just reached a new constituency: high school students. The TAO is a promise to your audience that you will be Transparent about who you are, Accountable for your mistakes, and Open to other points of [...]
