• Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Commission and Staff
    • FAQ
  • Meeting Archive
  • Contact
KnightComm: Strengthening journalism, communities and democracy in the digital age
A project of the Aspen Institute and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

.

A project of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program

and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

    • Digital Literacy
    • Civic Engagement
    • Local Journalism
    • Open Government
    • Universal Broadband
    • Public Service Media
    • Read Report ▼
      • Overview
      • Foreword
      • Executive Summary
      • Recommendations
      • Introduction
      • Part I
      • Part II
      • Appendices
      • Commission Members
      • En Español

You are here: Home » Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide

Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide

Assessing Community Information NeedsAssessing Community Information Needs A Practical Guide

A White Paper on Implementing the Recommendations of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

by Richard C. Harwood

Download PDF | View on Scribd | Comment

From Report to Action
Executive Summary

The Knight Commission’s Call to Action
Creating the Right Information Environment
Moving Ahead in Santa Fe: Two Scenarios

Key Guideposts
Nine Strategies for Taking Effective Action
___Strategy 1: Create an Authentic Steering Committee
___Strategy 2: Define “Community”
___Strategy 3: Engage the Community Early On
___Strategy 4: Mobilize the Community as a Resource
___Strategy 5: Create a Discipline of Making Sense of What You Are Learning
___Strategy 6: Make Clear Choices about What Actions to Take
___Strategy 7: Actively Cultivate Boundary-Spanning Organizations and Groups
___Strategy 8: Tell the Community’s Story of Change
___Strategy 9: Ensure Enough Entry Points for People to Engage
How Change Occurs
Tapping Into Community Resources: Who Can Do What
Getting Started
Fulfilling the Promise
Quick Reference Guide

About the Author
The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program

Share
  • Read the Report

    Knight Commission Cover2

    • View Online
    • Download PDF
    • Order Copies
    • Kindle Download
    • En Español
    • On Scribd
  • RSS Benton Headlines

    • FCC Provides Guidance Regarding The 2013 Lifeline Recertification Process
    • Privacy on the Line: Security lapse exposes some Lifeline phone customers to ID theft risk
    • Verizon: Court Decision Forecloses FCC Speech Argument
    • Verizon's Shammo: Content providers see value in toll-free data model
    • AT&T Will Eventually Do the Minimum Users Expect
    • Teens, Social Media, and Privacy
    • How network neutrality regulations could undermine the open Internet
    • FCC Releases New Data on Internet Access Services
Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
Powered by Wordpress | Administered by Aspen Institute