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Charter Draft New!! |
Important Dates & Events
Nov. 20, 2002 -- Dec. 11, 2002
First Online Forum -- First Draft of the Charter is built by some 50
journalists, academics, and citizen advocates. Future of civic journalism
discussed.
Dec. 18, 2002 - Jan. 15, 2003
Second Online Forum - First draft of the Charter is vetted by an open
forum to everyone interested in the topic. Discussion on Civic Journalism
continues.
Jan. 15-Jan. 21, 2003
Cole Campbell, Charter draft editor, and his committee revise Charter
based on all that is heard in the forums.
Jan. 24-25, 2003
Kennesaw State University's Fowler Chair hosts Charter Meeting of new
society. Charter is further honored and approved. Society officially
named. First slate of officers elected. Plans made to make society self-sustaining.
Feb. 1, 2003
New Charter, Jan. 24-25 live discussions, and earlier online discussions
are archived on this web site. They are also forwarded to Civic Journalism
Archives at University of Wisconsin.
July 29, 2003
New officers meet with academics at the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication Conference in Kansas City. Efforts
made to build relationships between new society and students and professors.
Done in cooperation with the AEJMC's Civic Journalism Interested Group.
Spring, 2004
In early fall 2002, Leonard Witt, Kennesaw State University's Robert
D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication, offered to host the
first international conference of this new society. Depending on will
of the new society's officers and members, that first conference would
be earmarked for spring, 2004
