It’s time for a new compact between Journalists and the Public. We need you.  Your work is vital to the well-being of us all.  I can’t imagine a functional democracy without the passionate commitment journalists make to digging deeply into what matters.  It is a sacred trust and I thank you for doing it on [...]

The following article appeared in the Sprint/Summer 2009 issue of Kosmos It reflects the themes that surfaced through the many conferences.  Since then, additional themes include: Journalism is still about the public good; and now it is entrepreneurial Small organizations bring heart. Large organizations bring credibility.  Collaborate! Communities can take responsibility for their own narrative.  One [...]

Created originally for Newstools 2008 in Silicon Valley, we re-made the value network maps for Journalism in the New News Ecology at the Poynter Institute.  Here are the new images, along with the original text. Old News Story: Value Network Map For 150 years the editors of American newspapers ruled the media landscape. The men [...]

Submitted by PeggyHolman on Wed, 06/04/2008 – 9:00am My friend and colleague, Tom Atlee, founder of the The Co-Intelligence Institute, developed a map of stories entitled Whole System Learning and Evolution — and the New Journalism that I think has great potential as a way of thinking about what is required for both great stories and great story-telling [...]

Submitted by PeggyHolman on Sat, 05/31/2008 – 3:32pm As I read people’s registration comments for NewPamphleteers/New Reporters – the upcoming JtM gathering in Minnesota, it struck me that people were asking questions and bringing expertise in six areas: Business models Cultivating community Partnerships Content choices Craft Technology Here’s a picture of what seems to be emerging: [...]

Submitted by PeggyHolman on Thu, 05/22/2008 – 9:00am As I reflected on Journalism that Matters-Silicon Valley, it struck me that my favorite subject – the power of story to inspire and engage, was a very quiet theme at this particular gathering. It got me thinking about the need to say something about what is emerging is [...]