Our goal is to empower all of our visitors with a better understanding of the issues and tools with which to be heard. In many ways, Democracy Place, USA is a bully pulpit, an everyman's soapbox, but it also incorporates vast amounts of information keeping the outrageous in check and the rational on steady ground.
Civic journalism is one attempt at giving the public the news it demands from the media.
Here, you will see and hear stories where it is the citizen setting the agenda and the elected officials, or those wishing to be elected, are held accountable. On Democracy Place, USA you can visit radio, television, newspapers, the community center, polls and surveys, the press club, meet the candidates, and much more. Democracy Place, USA is a project of the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, and Soundprint Media Center. You can visit by clicking on Democracy Place, USA .