Session Host: Christine Whitney Sanchez<\/p>\n
Participant List:
\n\u2022\tAlex Power
\n\u2022\tLina Davis
\n\u2022\tLinda Ellinor
\n\u2022\tTom Bray
\n\u2022\tSarah Alvarez
\n\u2022\tAmber Rivera<\/p>\n
Session Notes<\/p>\n
What drew you to this conversation?
\n\u2022\tAlternative funding revenues
\n\u2022\tRate cases – discouraged
\n\u2022\tHoping to hear success stories
\n\u2022\tJuxtaposition of sustainability and public utilities
\n\u2022\tJournalists co-convening
\n\u2022\tPublic utilities fund journalism to increase their own accountability and improve both the info gap and resource gap<\/p>\n
Incentives for Utilities to co-convene
\n\u2022\tDams are failing – hot issues
\n\u2022\tPrecedent from SoCal – facilitation groups got together with federal results
\n\u2022\tEast Oregon – water rights – government doesn’t facilitate measurable results. It was collaboration that got the dam removed.
\n\u2022\tGreat PR for the utilities
\n\u2022\tCircumvent the government
\n\u2022\tLow hanging fruit on sticky issues
\n\u2022\tEngineers are good at complex issues – bring them into the conversation to seed future technology
\n\u2022\tJournalists create a platform for energy efficiencies
\n\u2022\tBuild relationships with stakeholders<\/p>\n
Disincentives for Utilities to co-convene
\n\u2022\tAll they care about is the financial bottom line
\n\u2022\tDisturbing monopolies
\n\u2022\tDark money<\/p>\n
Brainstorm
\n\u2022\tLook into Architecture 2030
\n\u2022\tKlamath Electric Project – River restoration -> highly facilitated public project
\n\u2022\tIt takes a long time to bring the right stakeholders together and build trust – Garfield Foundation
\n\u2022\tOld energy industries (oil, gas, coal) = personal identities
\n\u2022\tImportant to create the most potent frame for the sponsorship
\n\u2022\tHow do journalists take the next step to BE the facilitators
\n\u2022\tWhat about a partnership between Community engagement facilitators and journalists
\n\u2022\tJournalists have been facilitating – it’s not their role to take those results forward
\n\u2022\tUtility -> community engagement facilitators -> journalists
\n\u2022\tJournalists -> community engagement facilitators -> public communication
\n\u2022\tJournalists convention because they are the only ones who can
\n\u2022\tMedia folks ARE community developers
\n\u2022\tJournalists would benefit greatly from a more open process<\/p>\n
Incentives for journalists
\n\u2022\tGather enough info to explain the situation cogently and more even-handedly
\n\u2022\tEffect positive change
\n\u2022\tRe-legitimize themselves
\no\tIn the 90’s PEW sponsored civic journalism through the Front Porch Forum
\nThe 2016 election changed our job description
\nInclude journalists, as citizens, to advocate for a healthy community<\/p>\n
Actionable Suggestions
\n\u2022\tCreate partnerships between journalists and community engagement facilitators
\n\u2022\tConsider how the blurring of roles between journalists and activists can inform engagement
\n\u2022\tCitizen journalists model in-depth conversations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Session Host: Christine Whitney Sanchez Participant List: \u2022 Alex Power \u2022 Lina Davis \u2022 Linda Ellinor \u2022 Tom Bray \u2022 Sarah Alvarez \u2022 Amber Rivera Session Notes What drew you to this conversation? \u2022 Alternative funding revenues \u2022 Rate cases … Continue reading