New America Foundation: Info Ecosystems in Five U.S. Communities
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, Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age. Specifically, MPI’s work is focused on policies to invigorate public media, increase independent public interest reporting, and improve citizen access to and engagement with high-quality information.
As part of its work on the development of healthy, informed communities, MPI has conducted a series of five assessments of local media ecosystems which are now published as Information Community Case Studies. Each draws heavily on the Knight Commission Report’s three important elements and indicators of a community’s information health:
- the availability of relevant and credible information
- the capacity of individuals to engage with information, and
- the individual engagement with information and the public life of the community
We are pleased to present all five studies here. How does your community compare? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Photo credit: zman z28/Flickr
Information Community Case Study:
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Adapting business models to digitalized information demand
Photo Credit: D.C. Convention and Tourism Corporation
Information Community Case Study:
Washington, D.C.
Addressing information divides with diverse approaches
Photo credit: Daniel Case/Wikimedia Commons
Information Community Case Study:
Scranton
An industrial city with a media ecosystem yet to take advantage of digital opportunities
Photo credit: Cacaphony/Wikimedia Commons
Information Community Case Study:
Seattle
Seattle: A digital community still in transition
Photo credit: Jake Kitchener/Flickr
Information Community Case Study:
The Research Triangle, N.C.
A region of locally owned media outlets and entrepreneurs on the verge
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