http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendation15/ A project of the Aspen Institute and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Mon, 14 May 2012 09:32:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendation15/#comment-3976 Three Models for Creating Local Online Hubs Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:30:54 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?p=2869#comment-3976 [...] Last year I was asked by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to author a study on models for local online hubs or community web portals. This paper was one of several commissioned by the Knight Foundation to implement the 15 recommendations found in the Knight Commission report on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.  The specific Knight Commission recommendation I focused on in my white paper read as follows: “Ensure that every local community has at least one high-quality online hub.” More specifically, it said: “Communities should have at least one well-publicized portal that points to the full array of local information resources. These include government data feeds, local forums, community e-mail listservs, local blogs, local media, events calendars, and civic information. [The entire three paragraph recommendation can be read here.] [...] [...] Last year I was asked by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to author a study on models for local online hubs or community web portals. This paper was one of several commissioned by the Knight Foundation to implement the 15 recommendations found in the Knight Commission report on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.  The specific Knight Commission recommendation I focused on in my white paper read as follows: “Ensure that every local community has at least one high-quality online hub.” More specifically, it said: “Communities should have at least one well-publicized portal that points to the full array of local information resources. These include government data feeds, local forums, community e-mail listservs, local blogs, local media, events calendars, and civic information. [The entire three paragraph recommendation can be read here.] [...]

]]> http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendation15/#comment-3857 Carnival talk: News sources? We’ve got your sources!: SteveOuting.com Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:30:51 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?p=2869#comment-3857 [...] used the term “online hub” above because that was Recommendation #15 of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy’s Informing [...] [...] used the term “online hub” above because that was Recommendation #15 of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy’s Informing [...]

]]> http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendation15/#comment-3787 We’re back at it – Carnival of Journalism – #jcarn « RJI Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?p=2869#comment-3787 [...] Ensure one local news hub in every [...] [...] Ensure one local news hub in every [...]

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