{"id":21,"date":"2023-03-25T11:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/excellerateengagement\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2023-05-16T16:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:33:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Engaging Emergence<\/strong> is the third conference collaboration between the <strong>Agora Journalism Center<\/strong> and <strong>Journalism That Matters<\/strong>. Following the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/experienceengagement\/\">Experience Engagement<\/a> in 2015, which gave rise to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/letsgather.in\" target=\"_blank\">Gather<\/a>, we came together again in 2017 to co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pdxengage17\/about-us\/\">Elevate Engagement<\/a>. After the pandemic and with the growth of engaged journalism and other community-focused journalism practices, we felt it was time to do it again!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/05\/agora-horiz-1024x210.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/05\/agora-horiz-1024x210.png 1024w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/05\/agora-horiz-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/05\/agora-horiz-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/05\/agora-horiz-1536x315.png 1536w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/05\/agora-horiz.png 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;Agora Journalism Center<\/strong>&nbsp;at the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) is the University of Oregon\u2019s&nbsp;gathering place for innovation in communication and civic engagement.&nbsp;Agora works to create and support transformational media innovations in service to civic engagement, and civic engagement that informs media innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/excellerateengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/03\/JTM-logo2web1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/03\/JTM-logo2web1.jpg 353w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/engagingemergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2023\/03\/JTM-logo2web1-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Journalism that Matters<\/strong>&nbsp;is a nonprofit that believes journalism matters most when it is of, by, and for the people.&nbsp;Journalism That Matters supports and equips the adventurers who transform relationships between communities and journalism for a strong, inclusive democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engaging Emergence is the third conference collaboration between the Agora Journalism Center and Journalism That Matters. Following the success of Experience Engagement in 2015, which gave rise to Gather, we came together again in 2017 to co-host Elevate Engagement. 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