Author Archives: Journalism That Matters

Friday 10:30 How might we really listen to communities? Andrew Haeg What does engagement mean? What do we mean by engagement? Ashley Alvarado, Amber Rivera How do we develop citizen journalists? Carrie Watters, Steph Routh When journalism is engaging a … Continue reading →

Combined Session: How can media do well by doing good — build trust, loyalty, and the bottom line? For media organizations with limited resources, what makes engagement strategic? – measurable results? – scalable? – what works, has worked for you? … Continue reading →

Advocacy journalism (i.e. Jana, who is a videographer for the tiny house movement) Activism Public service’ (i.e. volunteering) Decision making Stakeholder gatherings/events Provoking emotion/thought through words, art Online spaces Connectors Informal community engagement         Fiona/Jerry: There’s power … Continue reading →

Host: Mike Green Overarching outcome of session (consensus among participants): The people that newsrooms aim to serve should be involved in the process of deciding what is newsworthy. Synopsis: The group believed that too often storytelling and the framing of … Continue reading →

Session Hosts: Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, Dan Archer, Anne Stadler Reporter: Anne Stadler Participants: Amber Rinera Jim Cynqler Amalia Alarcón Morris Marla Choukett Vanessa Vancour Mitch Fantin Samantha Shotzbarger Kathryn Langstaff Jerry Millhon Margaret Stanitan Sean O’Connor Sheetal Agorwal Marissa Grass Thomas … Continue reading →

LISTENING: “Listen to learn, not listen to tell | People, not projects/problems | Stories, not systems/symbols | Science (experiment, investigate, expand), not engineering (implement, apply, constrain) | Action (incremental, MVP, growth), not plans (top down, rigid, scale)” “Don’t anticipate a … Continue reading →

Session Host: Elissa Adair Reporter: Joy Mayer Post-it Flip Chart Notes Like idea of pin-pointing how-to’s Like the idea of moving toward concrete community outreach goals/accomplishments — be it literacy or changed health behaviors, etc. Need to translate big ideas … Continue reading →

Session Host: Caitlin Moran Reporter: Fiona Morgan Public Insight Network – “Do more with less” is no possible. Idea was to do more with more: story ideas, technology, thinking The reality: PIN produced more leads and sources, but didn’t increase … Continue reading →

Friday 2:30pm Session Host: Sarah Loose Reporter: Jana Thrift Participants: Sarah Loose, Jana Thrift, Sami Edge, Jackie Hai, Laura Lo Forti, Elissa Schuler Adair Welcome/Backgrounds: Jana—activist looking for tools and practices to help share info in an engaging way. Sami—journalism … Continue reading →

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