Mike – I love your passion and your vision. Public engagement seems to be one of the biggest challenges – I think you are talking here about journalists engaging with the public in the sense of really reflecting their experience. I also think about engagement as how people can influence and guide public and corporate policies, community traditions, etc.

I wonder if there is anything to be borrowed from public agencies and officials who have tried new ways to get a bead on the real experience and values of constituents. The facade public hearing with three minutes to speak moments before a binding vote is of course still with us, and often the public representation is not broad. Could / should journalism seek to improve that? Could the efforts of journalism to reaffirm its value provide any example to public agencies?