Author Archives: Journalism That Matters
About the Event
On October 6-9, 2005, twenty-nine people in journalism (print, broadcast, new media, citizen activists, educators, a student, a funder and a Wall Street analyst) convened at the Fetzer Institute’s Seasons Retreat Center to consider the future of journalism. The gathering … Continue reading
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“Co-op Newsroom”
Convener: Jonathan Lawson Participants Silja Talvi Lisa Cohen Eric (from Fezter) Jane Ellen Stevens Conversation morphs more into a strategy of how to bring members of media together to talk about issues in a given locale; Seattle is used as … Continue reading
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How to sustain the energy and connectedness of the group so as to generate action?
Convener: Jim Shaffer Note taker: Jim Shaffer Initial attendees: Ralph Gage, Bill Krasean, Nora Paul, Chris Peck, Steve Silha, Dueane Stoltzfus, What future action? Ralph: Here’s a wild ass idea: I know ________, Chris’s brother, who’s a hardworking journalist at … Continue reading
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Establish Journalism Day of Atonement
to: 1) Express love for what we do 2) Ask Forgiveness for sins committed in the name of journalism 3) Pledge to do better Convenor: Dale Peskin Participants: Peggy Holman, Nancy Margulies, Kate Olsen, Stephen Silha 1) This idea is … Continue reading
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Brainstorm Citizen Journalism Initiative
Convenor: Ken Sands Participants: Sue Ellen Christian, Sarah Stuteville, Charlotte Hall, Matt Thompson, Jarah Euston, Dan Gillmor, Jan Schaffer, Lew Friedland There are 39 citizen journalism initiatives listed here: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/002226.php What have we learned from those experiments, and what would the … Continue reading
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New Interactive Formats For Journalism As Conversation
Convenor: Melinda Wittstock Participants: Stacy, Karen, Cindy, Florangela Summary: We set about to brainstorm what journalism might look and sound like in a new era of multimedia and interactive technology: What new formats could be explored? We talked about how … Continue reading
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“Journalism that Matters’’ 2.0
(Sung to the tune of Jacob ’s Ladder) We are journos, getting better, As the bottom line grows badder; Joining readers in online chatter We need Journalism That Matters; Conversations, not a lecture, Telling stories, not conjecture; We … Continue reading
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