From Report to Action
From Report to Action
Implementing the Recommendations of the Knight Commission
on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
In October 2009, the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report, Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, with 15 recommendations to better meet community information needs.
Immediately following the release of Informing Communities, the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation partnered to explore ways to implement the Commission’s recommendations.
As a result, the Aspen Institute commissioned a series of white papers with the purpose of moving the Knight Commission recommendations from report into action. The topics of the commissioned papers include:
- Universal Broadband
- Digital and Media Literacy
- Public Media
- Government Transparency
- Civic Engagement
- Online Hubs
- Local Journalism
- Assessing the Information Health of Communities
The following paper is one of those white papers.
This paper is written from the perspective of the author individually. The ideas and proposals herein are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Aspen Institute, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the members of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, or any other institution. Unless attributed to a particular person, none of the comments or ideas contained in this report should be taken as embodying the views or carrying the endorsement of any person other than the author.
