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Source: Stephen Silha

Journalism for Democracy and Communities: A New Framework

Journalism That Matters, Michelle Ferrier, Mike Fancher, Peggy Holman, Stephen Silha, Yve Susskind | March 2017

This report focuses on what we have learned using Developmental Evaluation with several community engagement projects, two of them in partnership with journalism organizations. In brief, we found that when journalism is at or near the center of focus, it gets in the way of reinventing thriving local communications ecosystems. Innovations are more likely to come by imagining this emerging ecosystem through a broader perspective, one that considers digital, cultural, demographic, and technological shifts while also drawing from traditional elements of journalism.

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