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Sunday March 21, 2010

CCJ Books

The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute

We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

Just Released
A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

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The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners, and academics concerned about the direction of and pressures facing American journalism.

Created in June 1997, the group aims to clarify standards and principles in journalism by bringing journalists together to discuss their craft, its purpose and what sets it apart from other forms of communication.

CCJ has developed a Traveling Curriculum -- a newsroom training program that visits newspapers, broadcaster, radio stations, and online news organizations around the world to help journalists think more critically about their purposes and the principles that govern how they do their jobs.

CCJ Staff:

Mark Carter
Executive Director

Wally Dean
Broadcast/Online Director

CCJ Executive Board:

Bill Kovach
Chairman

Tom Rosenstiel
Vice-Chairman

Dean Mills
University of Missouri

Geneva Overholser
USC Annenberg School of Journalism

Hedrick Smith
Documentary Producer/Correspondent

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Journalist in Residence

A unique opportunity to work and learn in the United States.

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Bill Kovach Honored

Bill Kovach, founding chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists,will receive the National Press Foundation’s 2010 W.M. Kiplinger Award.

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CCJ Membership

J-Tools

CCJ has collected some of journalism's best ideas, strategies and techniques to help journalists and citizens alike.

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Newsroom Development

Training, Strategic Planning, Critical Thinking

You can bring the Committee’s Traveling Curriculum development program to your organization. The Traveling Curriculum offers customizable newsroom workshops that our staff of respected trainers has led in scores of print, broadcast, and online newsrooms of all sizes.