Nobel Prizes are something else that needs a review though someone has probably done it already and it didn’t get reported - prob the same with the Pulitzers.
Poynter Receives $400,000 FORD GRANT (my emphasis) as ‘Sense-Making’ Project Enters Third Year
Posted on Mar. 14, 2011
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Poynter Institute has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to continue the Sense-Making Project, an initiative designed to promote the public’s participation in democracy by tracking, explaining and nurturing new developments in journalism.
In its first two years, the Sense-Making Project trained dozens of non-traditional journalists and entrepreneurs, guided two small startups, documented trends in the Fifth Estate, and provided leadership and training for traditional journalism organizations in the midst of transformation.
President Karen B. Dunlap. “Through the Sense-Making work, Poynter has been able to influence new and veteran journalists to embrace the work of journalism in service of democracy.”
Among the project’s highlights in 2010 was the “Fact or Friction” conference, a day-long gathering at the Newseum in Washington D.C., (Newseum is yet another leftie outfit) at which more than 125 leaders and practitioners from the Fourth and Fifth Estates gathered to explore their common ground, differences and potential for working together.
In its first two years, the Sense-Making Project trained dozens of non-traditional journalists and entrepreneurs, guided two small startups, documented trends in the Fifth Estate, and provided leadership and training for traditional journalism organizations in the midst of transformation.
This year, the Sense-Making Project will continue its focus on in-person training, developing online training options and disseminating findings to the widest possible audience.
Plans include:
• Two in-person seminars, each hosting 16 to 20 participants, one specifically for entrepreneurs and one for bloggers and social organizers who work with underserved communities and attempt to hold those in positions of power accountable.
• Two online group seminars, each hosting 16 to 20 participants, one for entrepreneurs and one for bloggers or social organizers who work with underserved communities. • A self-directed online course, designed for non-traditional journalists to learn best practices.
• Daily updates on Poynter’s website, www.poynter.org, that draw attention to best practices and harmful practices of the Fifth Estate.
“From the beginning of this initiative, Ford has shared Poynter’s vision for helping citizens better understand how to make sense of the dizzying amount of news and information now available to all of us,” said Kelly McBride, Poynter’s ETHICS GROUP LEADER (did she know Tash was on the Pulitzer Prize Board?) and lead faculty for the Sense-Making programs. “In our first two years, we’ve learned much about the new journalism and met many non-traditional journalists who share the values we believe are essential to journalism excellence.”
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3447444.htm
It looks like they’re training the nontraditional journolists not unlike they trained the ACORN people for community activism. They probably sit them behind computers to dig dirt on Repubs for politifacts. The mini-journolists send the dirt to the traditional journolist who reviews and writes it up, they then resend a cleaned product back to the mini-journolists to message out.