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New America Foundation: Info Ecosystems in Five U.S. Communities

Posted by Amy Garmer on Sep 22, 2010 in Blog, Civic Engagement, Digital Literacy, Facebook Feature, Local Journalism, Open Government, Public Service Media, Spotlight, Universal Broadband

The staff and fellows at New America Foundation’s Media Policy Initiative have been busy this year formulating policy and regulatory reforms to foster the development of media that satisfy the needs of democracy in the 21st century. Their work has centered on advancing the recommendations of the Knight Commission as articulated in the Commission’s report, [...]

C.W. Anderson on Government’s Role in Saving News

Posted by KnightComm on Jul 02, 2010 in Facebook Feature, Local Journalism

A deep libertarian streak might be the only bridge uniting the perpetually feuding tribes of journalists and bloggers. So it’s actually not surprising that outlets as different as the Los Angeles Times and Buzzmachine blogger Jeff Jarvis expressed disdain toward the FTC “staff discussion draft” on “potential policy recommendations to support the reinvention of journalism.”

Civic Leaders Consider How to Meet Community Information Needs

Posted by Amy Garmer on Jul 02, 2010 in Blog, Civic Engagement, Digital Literacy, Facebook Feature, Local Journalism, Open Government

The League of Women Voters took up the Knight Commission’s challenge to help meet the information needs of America’s communities during a workshop at its 2010 convention in Atlanta last month. The session, entitled “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy and Citizen Participation in the Digital Age,” provided an opportunity for LWV members to explore what role the national [...]

Mike Fancher: Contemplating the Future of Local Journalism

Posted by Amy Garmer on Jun 29, 2010 in Blog, Facebook Feature, Local Journalism, Spotlight

As part of the ongoing work to promote the Knight Commission’s vision for healthy, informed communities, the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program has commissioned a series of policy papers to detail specific steps for implementing the Commission’s 15 recommendations. The research and writing of these papers is now underway, with publication slated for the fall.
We recently invited a small group of forward-thinking journalists, news entrepreneurs, analysts [...]