We’ve got some big goals for our book project. We aim to showcase innovative, high-impact models of journalism and cross-platform media, convince politicians and advocates that progressive media matters, and strengthen the larger progressive infrastructure. Throughout 2007, we’ve been tracking and interviewing writers, editors, bloggers, directors and others, unearthing common goals and structures for making change.

But this is a big story to tell, and we can’t do it all by ourselves. For our next research phase, we need your help.

We have many questions for you, but thought we’d start with just one: What progressive story, outlet or personality do you think has made the biggest impact in the last six months?

To help you think more about impact, we’ve posted some examples, along with a few of the questions we’re asking media-makers. We hope this will be an ongoing conversation–feel free to join us here on the blog’s comment sections, or if you’d rather talk one-on-one, drop us a note at info[AT]buildtheecho.net. We want to hear your questions, ideas and feedback.

In the coming months, we’ll use the blog to expand our research, develop an updated version of the progressive media maps and examine questions of progressive media audiences and business models. All of this will help inform and shape our work as we write the book.

We look forward to hearing from you!

~Jessica and Tracy