Report Launch October 2 2009

Commission Report Launch
October 2, 2009 – Washington, DC

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski speaking at the KnightComm Report Launch

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at the Report Launch

The Knight Commission released its report Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age on Friday, October 2, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

Commission co-chairs, Marissa Mayer and Theodore B. Olson, along with Knight Foundation president, Alberto Ibargüen, and the full Commission presented the report to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Chief Technology Officer for the United States Aneesh Chopra, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce Lawrence Strickling, and Chairman of the Board for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ernest Wilson III, among others. The event featured three panels on critical topics relating to the Commission’s findings and recommendations.

Video of Opening Presentations, Panels:

Alberto_LaunchSession I: Opening Presentations
Alberto Ibargüen, Walter Isaacson, Theodore Olson, Marissa Mayer, Julius Genachowski, Aneesh Chopra, Ernest Wilson

Panel2Session II: Panel on the Availability of News
Michael Powell, Reed Hundt, John Carroll, Vivian Schiller, John Sturm

panel3Session III: Panel on Access to Information and Skills
Donna Nicely, Rey Ramsey, Paul Sagan, Larry Strickling, Sherri Hope Culver, Ben Scott, Roberta Stevens

panel33Session IV: Panel on Engagement with Information and the Community
danah boyd, Lisa MacCallum, Peter Shane, Paula Kerger, Carolyn Lukensmeyer

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C-Span Coverage of the Event:

Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, Part 1 - C-SPAN Video Library

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Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, Part 1

Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, Part 2 - C-SPAN Video Library

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.Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, Part 2

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Selected Press Coverage:

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