Public Service Fellowships
Charlottesville Tomorrow
Charlottesville Tomorrow
was formed in 2005 as a non–partisan organization dedicated to informing public opinion and policy on land use, transportation, and community design issues to ensure sensible growth and to realize the best possible future for the Charlottesville–Albemarle area. Utilizing e–mail alerts, online news summaries, and audio podcasts, Charlottesville Tomorrow is the trusted source of in–depth news coverage of growth and development issues before local government.
Charlottesville Tomorrow focuses on four major activities: 1) information sharing to build community knowledge; 2) local election coverage; 3) research on quality of life issues; and 4) community engagement–ensuring the public knows when and how to get involved in community decisions.
Charlottesville Tomorrow is a new media organization implementing interactive technology that has raised the expectations of what the public should expect from journalists covering local government.
Website:
(Where public can sign up for e–mail alerts, make donations, review research reports, and access the calendar of important public meetings and events)
News Center:
(Where Charlottesville Tomorrow publishes its news, podcasts, and videos)
Decisions by locally elected and appointed officials have a tremendous impact on our quality of life and the built environment in Charlottesville–Albemarle. Charlottesville Tomorrow believes that an informed and engaged public will help our leaders make the best decisions to protect and build upon the distinctive character of this community.
The Charlottesville Tomorrow Public Service Fellow will help the organization provide expanded news coverage of community design issues during 2008–09. The Fellow will work side by side with our staff and gain a wide variety of skills and experiences (including use of technology, government affairs, the role of property owners, elected officials, architects, engineers, and citizens in the development process).
- The Fellow will serve as reporter covering public meetings (City Council, Board of Supervisors, Planning Commissions, Architectural Review Boards) and will create and edit news articles and audio podcasts in order to educate the public about important land use and community design issues.
- The Fellow will research local development projects and report on them on Charlottesville Tomorrow’s website.
- The Fellow will assist Charlottesville Tomorrow with the launch of our 2009 election coverage. Election Watch 2009 will be a continuation of Charlottesville Tomorrow’s groundbreaking non–partisan approach to information sharing and local election coverage. The November 2009 elections will feature three contests for the Board of Supervisors in Albemarle County and two contests for seats on Charlottesville City Council.
