{"id":145,"date":"2015-07-10T00:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T00:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2015-07-10T00:34:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T00:34:29","slug":"closing-reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/closing-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pocantico participants spent an evening and two days exploring ideas on ways for independent journalism to be stronger, more inclusive and to have a deeper engagement with its audiences and communities. Many said they were glad to have been part of a meaningful and thoughtful discussion that took a broad view of the challenges we face while honoring the importance of the journalism being done. With a growing appreciation of possible connections between revenue and inclusion, they saw the potential to have much more influence and impact.<\/em><\/p>\n

When asked at the close what touched them about the experience, here is a sampling of what they said.<\/em><\/p>\n

=======================<\/p>\n

\u201cI go to a lot of journalism gatherings and this one feels qualitatively different
\nand it opened up new kinds of conversations. I feel less on the on the brink from
\nbailing from this whole life and really invigorated. I hope these relationships
\nand ideas persevere in the coming weeks and months.\u201d
\nEsther Kaplan<\/em><\/strong>, Editor, The Investigative Fund, The Nation Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat touched me most was the passion of the conversation about diversity.
\nAnd that\u2019s a very important part of my day job, but a kick in the pants
\nevery once in a while about how important it is is a really good thing, so
\nI feel like I got one. We can always do better.\u201d
\nRichard Tofel<\/em><\/strong>, President, ProPublica<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c(The framing of the conference) brings us back to that point we all have.
\nThat love and that passion. Putting that at the forefront was centering for me
\nand helped me through difficult conversations. I was touched by everyone\u2019s efforts
\nto articulate their personal and professional struggles and being honest about that.\u00a0I
\nappreciated everyone\u2019s honesty.\u201d
\nJulie Schwietert Collazo<\/em><\/strong>, freelance journalist, New York <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been very satisfying and reduced my cynicism about moving forward on this.
\nI really was on the verge in the last two or three years of getting out of the media
\nand getting out of everything altogether because I was feeling very disillusioned.
\nI just felt like the work I was doing was going nowhere. So this has been really
\ngreat. Thank you all for being here and for the rich conversations we all had.
\nI am very touched\u2026 And I will stay in!\u201d
\nLinda Jue<\/em><\/strong>, Executive Director\/Editor,
\n<\/em>G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI found this to be a really invigorating experience, not only because of the
\nthings we talked about, but the people who I met here. I think there is going to
\nbe something coming out of this that is a happening, that is going to be an active
\nand planned our plan for action. So my mind is officially blown.\u201d
\nJeff Yang<\/em><\/strong>, Columnist, Wall Street Journal online<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really fresh to hear how other people are navigating the amazing
\nwork we are all doing at a time when not only is our sector in transition,
\nbut the entire world is in transition \u2013 it\u2019s an extraordinary moment
\nto be doing journalism.\u201d
\nSarah van Gelder<\/em><\/strong>, Editor in Chief, YES! Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is important is the ongoing conversation. This is just a signpost in
\nthat process\u2026 You don\u2019t try, you do. You don\u2019t talk, you walk. I think that\u2019s
\nsome of the things we\u2019re building off this and propels us forward.\u201d
\nRicardo Sandoval-Palos<\/em><\/strong>, President, Board of Directors
\n<\/em>Fund for Investigative Journalism<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/a>Stephen Silha, cofounder and board member, and Peggy Holman, cofounder and executive director of Journalism That Matters, the conveners and co-facilitators of the gathering Supporting Independent Journalism to Thrive.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pocantico participants spent an evening and two days exploring ideas on ways for independent journalism to be stronger, more inclusive and to have a deeper engagement with its audiences and communities. Many said they were glad to have been part of a meaningful and thoughtful discussion that took a broad view of the challenges we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/pocantico\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}