Moving from directing the Pew Center for Civic Journalism to executive director of the J-lab, you have gone from working with mainstream news organizations in trying to improve public life to helping citizens as well as journalists to use digital technologies to report about and engage in public life. Do you think this change in your own role is indicative of any diminishing role of mainstream news organizations in enhancing public life?
No. As with the expansion of the kinds of projects we funded through the Pew Center, my work in the digital news sphere is reflective of the expanding possibilities for enhancing citizen engagement through new media venues. I also continue to work with legacy news organizations and will soon launch a major project with mainstream outlets, so I don’t really see a “change” in my role. I also think that while there are promising possibilities for news and information that is gathered and produced by non-professional journalists, most citizens are dismayed at the cutbacks curtailing journalism at so many mainstream news organizations.
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