The Community Information Toolkit, Version 1.0
At the 2011 Media Learning Seminar, an annual gathering hosted by the Knight Foundation, hundreds of community foundation leaders and journalism and technology experts previewed the beta version of the Community Information Toolkit, a set of tools and steps designed to help communities take stock of their news and information flow and take actionable steps to improve it. We are very pleased to report these tools are now available online and already being tested in communities across the country.
The Toolkit derives from the checklist appearing in Appendix I of Informing Communities, and has been developed under the leadership of Mayur Patel of the Knight Foundation in partnership with the Monitor Institute and the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The unveiling of the Community Information Toolkit is a major breakthrough in the implementation of the recommendations of the Knight Commission, as it provides a competent means to assess a community based on one of the Commission’s core premises–that information is as vital to the healthy functioning of communities as clean air, safe streets and good schools. Of course, this is only Version 1.0, and the Knight Foundation is encouraging communities to share their experiences to help innovate a future version 2.0. To begin, go to www.infotoolkit.org. Or you can download the toolkit as a PDF here.
Mayur Patel introduces the Community Information Toolkit at the Media Learning Seminar:
Community Information Toolkit from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, also discusses it:
Lee Rainie, of Pew, on Community Information Toolkit from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.
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