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It’s clear, the relationship between the media and the public continues to degrade. Writer and journo-tech creator Christine Marie Nielsen observes a large portion of the population feels underrepresented by what is being reported. At the same time, Nielsen notes, there has never been a more urgent need for an emphasis on democracy.

Data published by The Pew Research Center in 2019 indicated fewer residents of higher-proportion Hispanic or black areas thought local journalists were in touch with their communities. And already in 2013, Pew data indicated support for the media’s “watchdog” role was on the rise, even as other ratings by the public of news organizations’ performance showed little sign of improvement. Nielsen offers that dialogic journalism — what Nielsen defines as journalism that invites those impacted by information dissemination on an issue to come together and interact to find a solution — could help the media to better aid the public that so desperately needs an equal voice.

Geodialog Media LLC is a digital media company that is the creator of Dialog Journalism® and has been using its branded methodology to facilitate global solutions since 2012.

Dialog Journalism® uses issues borne out in news stories from across the globe to create a single online conversation, bringing together dialogic cohorts of media, universities, government, students, religious institutions, corporations and nonprofits and other members of the public across geographic boundaries and cultures. Geodialog Media supports the conversation with informational materials and video.

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Dialog Journalism®: What Needs To Be Said

Part resource for understanding the intention of Dialog Journalism® by its creator, part warning of the overarching influence of wealth and power in the media and government, Dialog Journalism®: What Needs To Be Said makes a strong argument for dialogic-based journalism being a key element in the way forward for the media and this country. Dialog Journalism®: What Needs To Be Said is available for purchase on Amazon.

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ISBN 9798584421793

Dialog Journalism®: The Shadow Of Poverty

Writer and journo-tech pioneer Christine Marie Nielsen didn’t think she’d be returning to her native city of Milwaukee (oft called the most segregated city in the U.S. in terms of socio-economic and racial lines) but because of family income constraints and a resulting need to help her parents, she does. While there, she looks into systemic problems and what makes the city tick, but she also finds herself being pulled back into a cycle of poverty.

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“Poverty is particularly ensnaring because it’s both a trigger and an outcome,” writes writer and journo-tech pioneer Christine Marie Nielsen. “Family history, access to resources, chronic stress and health problems can lock in poverty conditions for multiple generations.” Further, she adds that the long-term impacts can “have health ramifications, impact family structures and block social and economic mobility.”

The content of this book served as a basis for a Dialog Journalism® brand online event from Geodialog Media LLC.

Geodialog’s founder, Christine Marie Nielsen, is a long-time journalist and editor who’s been on staff at such blueblood media organizations as Dow Jones and Knight-Ridder. She’s also worked as an intercultural editor and copy editor for projects involving over 75 countries for media outlets including
The Christian Science Monitor and Living Earth Television.

Nielsen grew up in Milwaukee, a highly polarized city in terms of income and racial lines. Nielsen has written about how upon returning to Milwaukee she’s found herself being pulled back into a generational cycle of poverty related to systemic problems and a lack of equal access to opportunities due to the marginalization of some in the population.

On the state of traditional media, Nielsen writes that “once a narrative is set, it’s repeated again and again and often amplified by social media. It becomes almost impossible for a single voice to break through to any significant degree with a varying viewpoint. This is where the input of the public and dialogic-based journalism become so important.”