Advancing Chicago's News Ecosystem: A Community News Summit

This conference on September 23, 2010 brought together researchers, journalists and funders interested in the current state of high-quality local information.

Watch the full conference on video, thanks to the Reynolds Journalism Institute.

 

On the agenda:
Ngoan Le, Vice President of Program, The Chicago Community Trust (bio)
Don Heider, Dean, Loyola University Chicago School of Mass Communications (bio)
Terry Mazany, President, The Chicago Community Trust (bio)
Thom Clark, President, Community Media Workshop (bio)
Emily Culbertson, Lead Researcher, Community Media Workshop (bio)
The New News 2010   The NEW News 2010 report (PDF)
The New News 2010   Online report, with video, maps, links & more
Realizing Potential   The NEW News slideshow (PPT)

Rich Gordon, Professor, Medill School, Northwestern University (bio)
Noshir Contractor, Professor, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
and Chairman, I-Know Inc. (bio)
Zachary P. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, I-Know Inc. (bio)

Linking Audiences to News   Linking Audiences to News report (PDF)
Linking Audiences to News   Linking Audiences to News presentation (PDF)
   Rachel Davis Mersey, Assistant Professor, Medill School, Northwestern University (bio)
   Vivian Vahlberg, Community News Matters Project Director, The Chicago Community Trust (bio)
News That Matters   News that Matters: An Assessment of Chicago's Information Landscape report (PDF)
News that Matters   News That Matters slideshow (PPT)
   Thom Clark, President, Community Media Workshop (bio)
   Nora Ferrell, Vice President, Community Media Workshop (bio)
Realizing Potential   Realizing Potential report (PDF)
Realizing Potential   Realizing Potential slideshow (PPT)