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San Francisco Chronicle Two Cents Project records, 1999-2007.
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Title:
San Francisco Chronicle Two Cents Project records, 1999-2007Two Cents Project records
San Francisco chronicle
Creator/Contributor:
Swillinger, Heidi, project director.Abstract:
Contains materials associated with the Two Cents Project, a regular weekly newspaper column that featured comments by the
general public associated to particular news stories of the day.The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper sections
and tear sheets that include Two Cents columns that ran alongside particular news stories and others that display news stories
in which member of Two Cents Project served as sources. Files include a history of the project, recruiting announcement,
industry journals with stories of the project, a presentation certificate from the Inland Press Association, a presentation
portfolio for the Knight Foundation's Batten Awards for Innovation in Journalism, photocopies of project creator Heidi Swillinger's
favorite columns and printouts of email responses to the farewell announcement.
Date:
1999 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caNewspapers -- Sections, columns, etc
Journalists -- California -- San Francisco
American newspapers -- California -- San Francisco -- Sections, columns, etc
Journalistes -- Californie -- San Francisco
American newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc
Journalists
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc
California -- San Francisco
San Francisco chronicle
San Francisco chronicle
Note:
Gift; of Heidi Swillinger; 20140626.
Digital material transferred to the Digital Collections of the Bancroft Library.
The Two Cents Project of the San Francisco Chronicle was a groundbreaking experiment in social media that linked the print
age with the digital age. It featured associated commentary by members of the general public on various news stories of the
day. The project, headed by Heidi Swillinger, won honors from the Knight Foundation's first national Batten Awards for Innovation
in Journalism.
Preferred citation: San Francisco Chronicle Two Cents Project records, 2001-2007, BANC MSS 2015/168, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Physical Description:
print
14.4 (1 5
Language:
English