by jpitney | Aug 21, 2023 | civic virtue, Civility, Deliberation
James Davenport at NonDoc: If political engagement, news consumption and education do not actually help us better understand one another, how do we bridge this divide and find common ground? The answer may lie in how we treat one another in our disagreements and...
by jpitney | Aug 20, 2023 | Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists
From the Committee to Protect Journalists At midday Wednesday, television crews were setting up for live broadcasts outside the Marion County Record’s office in Marion, Kansas; phones were ringing off the hook; and the paper’s owner, Eric Meyer was on a carousel of...
by jpitney | Aug 19, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers
From the American Journalism Project: This summer, we announced the four teams participating in the American Journalism Project’s local news incubator, an 18-month program to support the buildout of new ideas to bring local news to communities. In July, we kicked off...
by jpitney | Aug 18, 2023 | Civility, Violence
Patrik Jonsson at the Christian Science Monitor: In 2018, shortly after a deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, 80% of Americans worried that negativity and incivility would lead to violence, or even acts of terror, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll....
by jpitney | Aug 17, 2023 | Civility
August is National Civility Month.
