Narrative

Peter Pula

Notes Towards a Definition of Generative Journalism

During the last eight months, a small group of Appreciative Inquiry practitioners has been exploring Generative Journalism.

In Appreciative Inquiry mode, Mara Spruyt, Derk van der Pol, and Marijke Boessenkool interviewed people from around the world.

Their inquiry was represented in media they made as they went. Podcasts were produced and a large portion of the September edition of the Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner, a professional journal, was dedicated to their subject.

By journeying with them, some things were confirmed and reinforced for me, some clarified, and some new notions came to life.

I offer these reflections here as notes towards a definition of Generative Journalism.

Peter Pula

Journalists Changing Stance in Response to Pandemic

Media shift towards civic communications is worth appreciating

Over the past two weeks, the journalistic stance of media here in Canada, and I suspect other countries, has been changing in a manner worth appreciating.

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It’s a Thin Rope We Walk Upon Into the Future

Story by story we thicken the rope: Mara Spruyt

The conversations we have, the stories we collect, one by one, thicken the rope we walk on into the future, says Mara Spruyt, organizational journalist with Kessels and Smit.