Chicago Community News Summits on September 13, 2012 and September 23, 2010, brought together researchers, journalists and funders interested in the current state of high-quality local information.
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2012 The 2012 Summit presented two new research reports: The NEW News 2012 and Linking Audiences to News II. (Summit press release) You can watch the complete conference on video, thanks to the efforts of Reynolds Journalism Institute.
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Thom Clark, President, Community Media Workshop (bio) |
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The NEW News 2012 report (PDF) | |
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Online report, with video, maps, links & more | |
| The New News 2012 conference presentation (PDF) | ||
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Rich Gordon, Professor, Northwestern University (bio) |
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Linking Audiences to News II report (PDF) | |
| Online dashboard, with searchable data | ||
| Linking Audiences to News II conference presentation (PDF) | ||
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2010 The 2010 Summit featured presentations on four new research reports: The NEW News 2010; Linking Audience to News; News That Matters; and Realizing Potential. Watch the 2010 conference on video |
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Thom Clark, President, Community Media Workshop (bio) |
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| The NEW News 2010 report (PDF) | ||
| Online report, with video, maps, links & more | ||
| The NEW News slideshow (PPT) | ||
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Rich Gordon, Professor, Medill School, Northwestern University (bio) |
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Linking Audiences to News report (PDF) | |
| Linking Audiences to News presentation (PDF) | ||
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Rachel Davis Mersey, Assistant Professor, Medill School, Northwestern University (bio) |
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News that Matters: An Assessment of Chicago's Information Landscape report (PDF) | |
| News That Matters slideshow (PPT) | ||
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Thom Clark, President, Community Media Workshop (bio) |
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| Realizing Potential report (PDF) | ||
| Realizing Potential slideshow (PPT) | ||










