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Post-conference contributions
- Engaging and Emerging Civic Media, Listening Post Collective, Aug 24
- Engaging the Emergence of Civic Media Ecosystems, Agora Journalism Center, Aug 29
Monday, August 21 Setting the Stage
We laid the groundwork by creating and considering personal, global, and journalism events of note over the last thirty years.
Tuesday, August 22 Discovery: Explore/imagine/invent
After some morning reflections, we used Open Space Technology to set the agenda for breakout sessions hosted by participants on topics of their choice.
10:30 Breakout Sessions
| Frameworks for Change | Bernardo Motta & Alisha Wang Saville |
| Sustainability of Nonprofit Journalism | Liz Willen |
| Accountability in Journalism (individual to structural) | Andrea Wenzel & Jingyao Yu |
| Leadership buy-in to trust communities and connect engagement to newsrooms | Chelsea Naughton & Sabrina Iglesias |
| Dismantle Capitalism: How do we tell stories that advance movements that are dismantling capitalism? | Steve Dubb |
| How can we practice journalism as a public service without compromising quality, integrity & inclusiveness for the sake of revenue? | Dionicia Roberson |
| How might we…transform communities with joy, common purpose & belonging? | Michelle Ferrier |
1:00pm Breakout Sessions
| Journalism for Democracy Beyond Elections | Roshan Bliss |
| Is the increase of funds for nonprofit news giving communities healthier news and information ecosystems? | Angilee Shah |
| Beyond project-by-project (Was: How do we go from serving communities one-by-one to becoming the network hub?) | Elise Stolte |
| Does anyone who isn’t a journalist actually want journalism? | Kate Myers |
| Communion & Community Don’t Scale and Consideration of Viewpoint Diversity | Heather Blakeslee |
| Media Literacy Responsibility/education | Alayna Hutchinson & Tara Pixley |
| How do we lift up first-person worker stories through our media platforms? and Watch dogs, guide dogs, or no dogs? | Steve Dubb & Jody Lawrence-Turner |
| Mental Health: Self Care and Care Awareness | Anthony Victoria and Luisa Ortiz Perez |
| Building Sustainable Listening Practices | Sadie Scott |
| How can journalism support organizations work together? | Sara Catania |
| How do we listen to communities for injustices/harms that need to be uncovered? | Megan Garvey |
2:30 Breakout Sessions
| Does ‘journalism for all’ include conservatives? | Allison Shirk and Joy Mayer |
| Venting about how POC are often seen as activists when they report on communities they belong to | Sabrina Iglesias |
| RADICAL: What’s holding you back? | Jenn Brandel |
| How do we remove gates in journalism education/training/institutions? | Megan Lucero, Lillian Ruiz, Bernardo Motta |
| What is the role of public, educational, and governmental community access to media? | Antoine Haywood |
| Care Awareness in Newsrooms | Luisa Ortiz Perez |
We ended the day with the Evening News.
Wednesday, August 23 What’s Next?
- We considered three questions and synthesized our responses them:
- What do we call what we do?
- What are the qualities and principles of what we do?
- How do we advance its adoption & spread?
- We moved ideas into action through a Pro-Action Café that shaped initiatives to pursue following this event.
ONA session – Engaging Emergence: Advancing the Future of Journalism For All
Using a World Café format, we surfaced the collective intelligence in the room. A mix of Engaging Emergence conference participants and ONA conference participants explored three questions:
