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THE CIVIC PROJECT
The Civic Project
Statement of purpose
These stories about community issues in Indiana County, Pa., were reported and written by students in a fall 2007 Indiana University of Pennsylvania News Reporting class taught by Journalism professor David Loomis. In 2006 and 2007, this course produced statewide-award-winning reporting published in local news media. For this academic year, the class is collaborating with the county’s League of Women Voters chapter.
The league and the journalism students share several interests:
- in providing citizens with timely, important and useful information on issues of common concern, such as the quality of their air and water, the performance of their local public schools, their access to public information, and others..
- in fostering involvement so citizens can be empowered to help solve community problems.
- in non-partisan, non-profit civic engagement and public awareness.
But the league and the students acted independently:
- These stories reflect the independent reporting of the IUP journalism students. The stories do not advocate any position.
- The league has agreed to publish the stories on its Web site so that its membership and citizens may be better informed and more engaged.
- The stories report on issues identified by the league as important to this community. But the stories were not edited by the league or any league member. Nor does league publication imply endorsement of the stories by the league.
- The stories were edited by Professor Loomis. The league agreed to publish the edited stories without interference in their content or in the journalistic process of reporting, writing and editing them.
Professor Loomis can be contacted at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Journalism Department, 434 Davis Hall, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, Pa. 15705-1087. Phone 724-357-4411 or email doloomis@iup.edu.
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