{"id":159,"date":"2010-06-04T13:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T21:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/?p=159"},"modified":"2010-06-04T13:20:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T21:20:27","slug":"how-do-we-create-journalism-that-spurs-public-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/2010\/06\/04\/how-do-we-create-journalism-that-spurs-public-action\/","title":{"rendered":"How do we create Journalism that spurs public action?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by boothism on Fri, 06\/04\/2010 &#8211; 1:20pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Convenor:<\/strong><br \/>\nKwan Booth<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Participants:<\/strong><br \/>\nKwan Booth<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does \t\tjournalism as it is now inspire action?\n<ul>\n<li>Should it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> What \t\t\tkinds of journalism inspires action?<\/li>\n<li><em> <\/em>What \t\t\tkinds of actions can be expected?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How do we inspire \t\treaders to become activists<\/li>\n<li>What \t\ttypes of content does this?\n<ul>\n<li>Passive \t\t\tnature of news<\/li>\n<li>Take \t\t\taction boxes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Do \t\tdifferent types of content inspire action more?\n<ul>\n<li>Story, \t\t\tthen video, then SMS action messages<\/li>\n<li>Ethical \t\t\tissues involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li>MAGnet\/Neutrality\/Digital \t\tDivide\n<ul>\n<li>Campaign \t\t\tworking to enlist media into policy shaping initiatives<\/li>\n<li>Mix \t\t\tbetween journalists, advocates, activists and media makers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Where \tdoes the public dialog happen?<\/li>\n<li>How \tmuch do journalists stay \u201con the street\u201d and keep the ear of the \tpeople?<\/li>\n<li>Kat: \tThere&#8217;s an implicit idea that if people receive the info people will \tact, but that&#8217;s not\u00a0necessarily\u00a0the case.<\/li>\n<li>Are \twe talking about individual journalists or structural changes? Should we address one or the other?<\/li>\n<li>Make \tthe reporting more concrete and tie in details that resonate with \tindividual communities\n<ul>\n<li>Focus \t\ton Bread and butter issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Funders \thave been focused on funding direct services around community interactions.<\/li>\n<li>We need to address \tthe fears that journalists have around working with advocates.<\/li>\n<li>Think about the extent to which an individual personality (ex: Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin) can push an agenda and change the public \tunderstanding of issues.<\/li>\n<li>One problem is that the right breaks issues into sound bites while the left addresses the nuances of the issue.\n<ul>\n<li>But the nuances don&#8217;t really inspire action. Emotion inspires action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Where \t\tdoes the public discourse happen and how do you place the \t\tinformation there?<\/li>\n<li>Are \twe covering the news from the perspective of the groups who would be \teffected?<\/li>\n<li>We should work to Integrate \tthe community into the reporting process and get them more involved.<\/li>\n<li>There needs to be a way to measure and track public interaction spurred by action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by boothism on Fri, 06\/04\/2010 &#8211; 1:20pm Session Convenor: Kwan Booth Discussion Participants: Kwan Booth Does journalism as it is now inspire action? Should it What kinds of journalism inspires action? What kinds of actions can be expected? 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