http://www.knightcomm.org A project of the Aspen Institute and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:25:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendations/#comment-1683 Mike Fancher: Contemplating the Future of Local Journalism | KnightComm Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:06:54 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?page_id=53#comment-1683 [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...]

]]> http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendations/#comment-1593 Measuring the Information Health of American Cities | KnightComm Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:06:49 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?page_id=53#comment-1593 [...] which funded the Knight Commission and continues to sponsor its ongoing work to implement the 15 Commission recommendations, is currently at work to develop better tools to measure the information health of communities. (As [...] [...] which funded the Knight Commission and continues to sponsor its ongoing work to implement the 15 Commission recommendations, is currently at work to develop better tools to measure the information health of communities. (As [...]

]]> http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendations/#comment-380 KnightBlog » Aspen Institute awarded grant to make Knight Commission recommendations actionable Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?page_id=53#comment-380 [...] Knight Foundation has awarded a two-year, $800,000 grant to the Aspen Institute to commission policy papers and follow-up activities to make Knight Commission recommendations actionable. (Read those recommendations here.) [...] [...] Knight Foundation has awarded a two-year, $800,000 grant to the Aspen Institute to commission policy papers and follow-up activities to make Knight Commission recommendations actionable. (Read those recommendations here.) [...]

]]> http://www.knightcomm.org/recommendations/#comment-100 America’s Digital Inclusion Summit on March 9th | The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in Democracies Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:57:53 +0000 http://www.knightcomm.org/?page_id=53#comment-100 [...] Join the Federal Communications Commission and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation at America’s Digital Inclusion Summit on Tuesday morning, March 9th, for a sneak preview of the National Broadband Plan that the FCC will deliver to Congress on March 17th. The Digital Inclusion Summit is an opportunity to highlight solutions that will drive broadband adoption by everyone and  provide an opportunity to people from across the country to share their stories of how broadband, or lack of access to it, has shaped their lives. The program will feature a wide-range of civic and broadband leaders, including FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen, Lafayette, La. City-Parish President Joey Durel, FCC Commissioners Michael Copps, Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker, and members of Congress.  Theodore B. Olson, Co-chair of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, will discuss the Knight Commission’s broadband-related recommendations. [...] [...] Join the Federal Communications Commission and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation at America’s Digital Inclusion Summit on Tuesday morning, March 9th, for a sneak preview of the National Broadband Plan that the FCC will deliver to Congress on March 17th. The Digital Inclusion Summit is an opportunity to highlight solutions that will drive broadband adoption by everyone and  provide an opportunity to people from across the country to share their stories of how broadband, or lack of access to it, has shaped their lives. The program will feature a wide-range of civic and broadband leaders, including FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen, Lafayette, La. City-Parish President Joey Durel, FCC Commissioners Michael Copps, Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker, and members of Congress.  Theodore B. Olson, Co-chair of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, will discuss the Knight Commission’s broadband-related recommendations. [...]

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