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Renaissance Schools – Philadelphia’s School Turnaround Initiative

The most robust of the Enterprise Reporting projects, in terms of volume of news stories, involved ongoing updates on the Philadelphia School District’s efforts to turn around some of the city’s lowest-performing schools. Nine schools were assigned to three different turnaround models in 2011, following 14 schools that launched the initiative in 2010. The Notebook,

Rules of the Road: Navigating the New Ethics of Local Journalism

Where a bright ethical line once separated a newsroom from its business operations, one person now often wears multiple hats.

Corrections and Revisions

Key Takeaways: When a story is edited post-publication, most sites make an effort to note the change. – Major substantive errors, misquotations and factual mistakes are fixed in the story and noted in a correction notice. – Minor errors are often corrected via strikethrough. – Trivial typos are usually corrected without notice. Some sites are

Contributors

Author  Scott Rosenberg / Author Writer, editor, and website builder Scott Rosenberg cofounded Salon.com in 1995 and served as its managing editor for six years. Today he runs MediaBugs.org, a public service for correcting errors in news coverage. Rosenberg is the author of Dreaming in Codeand Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, and

Police Reports

Key Takeaways: Standards vary widely, but most sites draw some sort of line at posting many of the names (and photos) in police reports. The line is often based on the severity of the incident or charge. Most sites say they also omit the names of minors. Some try to report only on “public figures,”

Exploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative in Philadelphia

An analysis of the city’s media ecosystem, with final recommendations for the future.

New Entrepreneurs: New Perspectives on News

J-Lab’s New Media Women Entrepreneurs Initiative undertook this study to understand how women are creating and consuming the news.

Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News

Local news web sites offering user-generated content are securing a valuable place in the media landscape.