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Posted on January 8, 2016 by 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 →

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How might we build a digital platform that supports our communities of practice?

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Andrew DeVigal

Attendees: Andrew, Rachel, Sean, Joy, Ben, Sheetal, Steph, Burgess, Jo Ellen » Andrew – Framing: I built a website Interactive Narratives to record all the data and stories I had gathered and kept losing w/upgrades over time. This was pre-Delicious. … Continue reading →

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“Ways to set up a news operation whose structure makes engagement easy and safe”

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Clair Jordan

Sessions Hosts: Tom Glaisyer, Michelle Ferrier, Tom Stites Participants: Clair Lorell (reporter) Miro Merrill Samantha Shotzbarger Vanessa Vancour Amala Alarcon Morris Michal Wilde Elissa Adair Jana Thrift Mike Fancher John Spady Talia Stroud Notes: Tom Glaisyer Democracy Fund Informed Participation … Continue reading →

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Measuring “Polarization and Consensus” Within Community Engagement

Posted on October 14, 2015 by John Spady

Host: John Spady, Seattle, Founder of the National Dialogue Network (http://ncdd.org/10940), Twitter: @JSpady; Facebook: /JSpady Participants: Amber Rivera, Bruce Poinsette, Miro Merrill, Rachel Damgen, Kathryn Langstaff Notes (limited): 1) Capturing routine feedback of participant values and opinions during broad scale … Continue reading →

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Objectivity in Journalism

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Nathan Stevens

What is objectivity in journalism? What does it do? Host: Nate Stevens As practiced: —Gives credence to people who deny facts or assert factual inaccuracies —Generates distrust in media What should it be? —“I want to change the world” is … Continue reading →

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How can media do well by doing good? What makes engagement strategic?

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Journalism That Matters

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 →

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Spheres of Engagement/Moving the Audience to Action

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Journalism That Matters

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 →

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What is Newsworthy?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Journalism That Matters

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 →

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Building empathetic narratives around real/embodied/virtual spaces

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Journalism That Matters

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 →

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Community Conversation: Inclusive Competitiveness Post-it Note Clusters

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Journalism That Matters

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 →

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