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Informing Communities more »
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Information Stories tell of personal stakes in healthy info communities
“What’s at stake when local news and information flow doesn’t serve all members of a community equally well? How can people respond?” These questions lie at the heart of Information Stories, a riveting series … -
Implementing the Recommendations of the Knight Commission
The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age” in 2009 with 15 recommendations to better meet community information …
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Spotlight more »
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Information Stories tell of personal stakes in healthy info communities
“What’s at stake when local news and information flow doesn’t serve all members of a community equally well? How can people respond?” These questions lie at the heart of Information Stories, a riveting series … -
Hobbs: Info literacy must be a community education movement
Renee Hobbs, national expert on digital and media literacy who leads the Media Education Lab founded at Temple University, this month took the helm of the new Harrington School of Communication and Media …
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KnightComm in the News more »
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Adam Thierer: Thinking about the Future of Informed Communities and Journalism
Democracy can likely get by with less information and civic engagement than some suggest. But that doesn't mean we can get by without any. … -
Mike Fancher: A Tipping Point for Journalism
Journalism must be re-imagined for a networked world in which people use technology for themselves to do things they once relied on journalists to do for them. …
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White Paper Series more »
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Implementing the Recommendations of the Knight Commission
The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age” in 2009 with 15 recommendations to better meet community information … -
Six Strategies for More Open and Participatory Government
Americans are demanding more transparency and accountability from their governments at all levels, goals that are easier to achieve when governments have made a commitment to operating transparently and making public information truly …
