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CJIG News: Fall 2000 I .xXFall 2000 CJIG prepares to contribute to AEJMC issues discussion Posting convention papers, rethinking panel selection process top list By Kathy Campbell accomplishments in Phoenix and review CJIG head was recruiting and electing a slate of officers to help me keep Welcome to the 2000-2001 us organized and informed Civic Journalism Interest throughout the coming year. Group! Here they are: I’m going to confess imme- Vice heads: Sharon Iorio, diately that I love the sound of Wichita State University; Wally “2000-2001.” Somehow, it Dean, Pew Center for Civic makes me feel as though I’ve Journalism eral folks Kathy arrived somewhere important. Research chairs: Frank Fee, put their And it’s one of the many rea- University of North Carolina; minds to it. Keep in mind that sons I’m so delighted to be Renita Coleman, University of the 2001 Plenary Theme is chairing our group this year. We Missouri-Columbia “Bringing in the Outs: Toward are well-positioned to be an Newsletter/Web editors: Inclusivity and Democracy.” even more significant presence Charlyne Berens, University of Also keep in mind that the 2001 and a major contributor to an Nebraska-Lincoln; Brian convention is scheduled a little outstanding 2001 AEJMC con- Massey, University of differently: It runs Sunday vention in Washington, D.C., Connecticut through Wednesday, Aug. 5-8. next August. I can hardly wait to On special assignment: Pre- During the coming year, begin our planning for panels conference programming, Tanni we’ll be discussing some impor- and paper competitions-and to Haas, CUNY-Brooklyn; Denise tant issues and soliciting your see you all again. Richter, Palo Alto College ideas and opinions. Here’s a pre- In fact, schmoozing with, lis- One of our first assignments view: tening to and learning from is to put together panel propos- n AEJMC is discussing CJIG members as well as our als to take to Atlanta for the whether to consider Web post- academic and professional col- mid-winter conference. That’s ings of academic papers (includ- leagues was clearly the highlight the meeting when all the divi- ing personal Web pages and the of the Phoenix experience. We sions and interest groups sit AEIMC archives) as publica- had some wonderful and lively down together and figure out the tions, thus disqualifying them panel discussions, and I hope program for the next conven- from consideration for publica- you returned home with as tion. Elsewhere in this edition is tion in AEJMC journals. A year- many new ideas for research a story about how you can par- long discussion is anticipated, and teaching as I did. ticipate in the panel proposal Another. or our excellent (continued on page 2) Page 2 Fall 2000 Civic Journalism Interest Group News CJIG wants to hear about AEJMC issues (continued from page 1) including posting of the specific proposal and its rationale on a listserv. I will keep you updated on this, and as more information becomes available, I’11 be most interested in your reaction. I The membership of the Council of Divisions (made up of the chairs of the divisions and interest groups) is also trying to rethink how the panels and other sessions are scheduIed. The dis- cussion in Phoenix encompassed such concerns as attracting larger audiences, especially to panels featuring professionals; ensuring good attendance at research ses- sions: and worrying how annual reviews of division/interest group performance would be affected. Again, I would be delighted to hear our ideas on this. dCJIG has well over 100 members. Do we want to seek division status? Inquiring minds want to know. Tanni Haas of CUNY-Brooklyn is gathering the needed background information, and we hope to use our new Web site (coming soon to a URL near you) to open a discussion on this provocative idea. Below, you’ll find e-mail and snail mail addresses and phone numbers for all the officers. Please do keep in touch! Here’s how to get ahold of CJIG officers Kathy Campbell, president: campbeka 68588-0132 @sou.edu; (803) 7773316; Southern Oregon Brian Massey, Web editor: tblmassey@ University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, Ore. yahoocom; 850 Bolton Road, U-85, University of 97520-50 10 Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1085 Sharon Iorio, co-vice chair: Sharon iorio@ Tanni Haas, pre-conference programming: elliott.es.twsu.edu; (316) 798-3100; Wichita State [email protected]; (718) 951 5225; University, 14530 Sharon Lane, Wichita, Kan. 67230 Department of Speech Communication Arts & Frank E Fee, co-vice chair: [email protected]; 9 19 Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, 962 407 1; University of North Carolina, 211 Carroll Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210, Hall, Chapel Hill, NC. 27599 Denise Barkis Richter, pre-conference program- Charlyne Berens, newsletter editor: cberens@ ming: [email protected]; (2 10) 92 I-5442; Palo Alto unlserve.unl.edu; (402) 472-8241;University of College, 1400 W. Villaret Ave., San Antonio, Texas Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 Avery Hall, Lincoln, Neb. 78224 Civic Journalism Interest Group News Fall 2000 Page 3 Pew Center offers journalists tools for better interviewing, reporting Journalists seeking to add to their report- ence the answers. See how one type of ques- ing tools will find help available from the tion can “shut down” an interview and anoth- Pew Center for Civic Journalism. “A er “open up” a conversation, Journalist’s Toolbox,” a set of four short H Framing a Story: What’s It Really videos, is designed to help journalists and About? 13:21 minutes journalism students discover new stories and News is more than just conflict or contro- report them better. versy. Discover why stories that identify ten- The videos demonstrate techniques sions or patterns may be more accurate, more reporters can use to conduct more effective interesting and more engaging to readers and interviews, decide what a story is really viewers. about, find the voices that belong in a story I Finding Third Places: Other Voices, and use civic mapping to uncover important Different Stories 13:20 minutes’ community issues. Reporters who can find new sources often The Toolbox draws on the techniques and find new stories. Learn how third places can experiences of working journalists at The be used as entry points to acquire important Charlotte Observer, The Orange County community information and sources. Register, the Tampa Tribune, The Virginian- n Tapping Your Community: What Don’t Pilot and Tampa’s WFLA-TV. It builds on You Know‘? 1352 minutes the work of Richard Hat-wood, president of Journalists need to find out what they the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, don’t know to report better stories. See how who has served as a consultant for many news news organizations are improving coverage organizations and has conducted Civic by systematically tapping ordinary people Mapping Seminars for the Pew Center for who are knowledgeable about issues in their Civic Journahsm. community. For editors and educators, the Toolbox includes a discussion and activity guide to To order a copy of “A Journalist’s help prompt more conversation and practice Toolbox,” send $10 (checks only, please) to the skills. the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, 1101 n Interviewing: New Questions, Better Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 420, Washington, Stories, 14:17 minutes DC, 20036-4303. Ask for a receipt if you How a reporter asks questions can influ- need one. Civic bits Professor Jay Rosen of New Following is a brief excerpt don’t just “happen” the way York University and author of from Rosen’s final post on Sept. hailstorms do,’ Taylor writes. “What Are Journalists For?” 6, 2000. ‘They are artifacts of a political (Yale University Press, 1999) “My final thought is a brief universe journalism itself has was the featured guest author in gloss on a pair of sentences helped to construct.’ (From Paul September for an on-line forum written by Paul Taylor, former Taylor, “See How They Run,” hosted by Blue Ear Books. (The political reporter for the Knopf, 1990, p. 266.) forum’s archives should be Washington Post, who covered “I regard this statement as a) available by late September at many a presidential campaign demonstrably true, and b) the Blue Ear site, http:llwww. and then reflected about his uncontainable within the normal blueear.com/books/books.html.) experience. ‘Political stories Continued on page 6 Page 4 Fall 2000 Civic Journalism Interest Group News Civic journalism and the right side of the brain census of 29 newspapers that about the need for a different How photographers had received grants from the type of design, or simply and graphic designers Pew Center for Civic Journalism because they hadn’t really visually communicate in 1998 and 1999. It included thought about it much. papers from all circulation sizes Alternatively, such descrip- the principles of civic and regions of the country. tive responses could also repre- journalism Analysis followed the principles sent a kind of “working through of grounded theory that included to a solution,” to put it in By Renita, Coleman theoretical sampling, using the Yankelovich’s terms, to the Following is a synopsis of evidence of real life to constant- question of whether design and the paper Coleman presented at ly compare across cases to photography need to be different the AEJMC convention in uncover generalizable processes, for civic journalism, a kind of August 2000. and coding that arises from the thinking out loud. Their mus- Because civic journalism data. ings, which seem like ambiva- may be the most hotly debated lence, might really indicate ini- subject of the decade within the Findings tial attempts to work through the field of journalism, an enormous Practical question in their own minds.
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