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Google to FTC: Business Problems Need Business Solutions

Posted by Amy Garmer on Jul 21, 2010 in Ideas and Issues, Local Journalism

Google works closely with publishers to find business solutions so journalism can thrive online, and we’re optimistic about the news industry’s future. But we strongly disagree with a number of policy recommendations set forth in the Staff Discussion Draft, such as the suggestion that Congress enact a federal hot news doctrine — something that would not only hurt free expression, but also the very profession of journalism that the proponents of hot news say they support.

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

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

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 [...]

Improving Tax Treatment of Not-for-profit News Entities

Posted by Amy Garmer on Jun 18, 2010 in Blog, Local Journalism

A couple of things became clearer at this week’s third and presumably final Federal Trade Commission workshop on the future of journalism (“How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” June 15, 2010, at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.). For a good summary of the meeting, see Fiona Morgan’s “A subtle victory for policy interventions [...]

Charlie Firestone: The Pixelization of Journalism

Posted by KnightComm on Jun 15, 2010 in Local Journalism, Spotlight

The journalism industry is in turmoil. The digital revolution has hit content providers of all kinds, changing their business models and in some cases altering the nature of the underlying content itself. Music has seen this most starkly. But print content, most particularly newspapers, have also faced significant disruption. Digitization and the communications revolution have placed in the consumer/user the tools to access the content they want, when they want it, at little or no cost.

Measuring the Information Health of American Cities

Posted by Amy Garmer on Jun 07, 2010 in Blog, Civic Engagement, Digital Literacy, Featured, Local Journalism, Open Government, Public Service Media

Since the release of the report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, we’ve seen efforts in communities across the country to take stock of their unique information needs and assets. One of the great things about these case studies is that they are bringing a discussion that has [...]

Groups Advancing Knight Commission Recommendations Submit Comments to FCC’s Future of Media Inquiry

Posted by Amy Garmer on May 27, 2010 in Blog, Civic Engagement, Digital Literacy, Local Journalism

New America Foundation, Free Press and Media Access Project submitted the following comments to the Federal Communications Commission’s examination of The Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities in a Digital Age. Heeding a call by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, the FCC established the Future of [...]

Close-up on Seattle: Local Blogs and Community Collaboration

Posted by Amy Garmer on May 12, 2010 in Civic Engagement, Digital Literacy, Featured, Local Journalism, Open Government, Public Service Media, Spotlight, Universal Broadband

We’ve just published our first two information ecology case studies, which take a close look at the local conditions in Seattle and Scranton. When we started investigating these media ecosystems, we used the Knight Commission Report, “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age,” as our guide.

FCC Future of Media: Submit Your Comments by May 7

Posted by Amy Garmer on May 06, 2010 in Blog, Local Journalism, Public Service Media

The public comment period for the Federal Communications Commission’s inquiry on the Future of Media & Information Needs of Communities ends this Friday, May 7th. Comments may be submitted directly to the Future of Media website, where the FCC has posed these questions to direct comments to the issues that are of central concern to inquiry: How should media companies change their approaches to delivering news and information? What government policies could improve the news and information media? Media in Your Community: Tell us about your community and its media.

Of the Press: Models for Transforming American Journalism

Posted by KnightComm on Apr 30, 2010 in Featured, Local Journalism, Spotlight

KnightComm is pleased to provide an advance download of the Aspen Institute Communication and Society Program’s publication, Of the Press: Models for Transforming American Journalism. The report addresses a critical aspect of the Knight Commission’s deliberations: the need to develop innovative business models for “sustainable, meaningful, local journalism”. It is written by Michael R. Fancher, [...]

Seeking sustainability: The business of nonprofit journalism

Posted by Knight Digital Media Center All-Site Feed on Apr 26, 2010 in Civic Engagement, Local Journalism, Spotlight

Community connectedness and diverse revenue streams are critical ingredients for success for nonprofit news organizations. That’s my headline the conversation at the Knight Foundation’s “Seeking Sustainability” roundtable discussion of about 50 people representing 18 nonprofit news organizations Monday in Austin.

Wall Street Journal Premieres Local NY Edition

Posted by Amy Garmer on Apr 26, 2010 in Blog, Local Journalism

The Wall Street Journal today unveiled its new, expanded coverage of local news in the greater New York region, where the newspaper will go head-to-head with its national news rival, the New York Times, to compete for local readership and advertising dollars. The Greater New York section features coverage of politics, real estate, sports and culture.
If the New York edition proves successful, Dow Jones [...]

Tracking the Policy Debates on the Future of Media

Posted by Amy Garmer on Apr 23, 2010 in Blog, Civic Engagement, Digital Literacy, Local Journalism, Open Networks, Public Service Media, Universal Broadband

Josh Stearns at SavetheNews.org has posted a helpful guide to Ten Policy Debates Shaping Journalism Right Now listing 10 legislative proposals, policy proceedings and inquiries taking place in Washington that could have a significant impact on the future of journalism in the United States. Here’s the list of 10 (go to SavetheNews.org for descriptions and [...]

Going on the record: Civic engagement is for journalists, too!

Posted by Knight Digital Media Center All-Site Feed on Apr 12, 2010 in Blog, Civic Engagement, Local Journalism, Open Government, Open Networks, Universal Broadband

The traditional culture and ethics of professional journalism encourage journalists to hold themselves aloof from the communities they cover; to maintain objectivity through distance. Generally this means not voicing personal opinions on politics or controversial issues, and not engaging directly in civic processes. Sometimes even voting, campaign contributions, or speaking up at civic meetings are [...]

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