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Community Media and the Future of News
(A discussion at the Alliance for Community Media annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Penn., July 9, 2010. Simple URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/acmcitij )
AGENDA
Who are our discussion leaders?
- THE RESEARCHERS: Bill Densmore, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (Block by Block, Sept. 23-24) / INFOTRUST.ORG
- THE PRACTITIONER: Laurie Cirivello, Grand Rapids Community Media Center/ Rapidian
- THE THINK TANK: James Losey, Open Technology Initiative/The New America Foundation
- THE ADVOCATES: Candace Clement, MediaMinutes, FreePress.net
What do we want to accomplish?
- Connect the policy discussion with what's happening on the ground.
- Report to the Aspen Institute for its Knight Foundation followup work
How do PEG/Community Media Centers feed these three objectives?
(Report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities, Page XI)
Maximize the availability of relevant and credible information to all Americans and their communities;
Strengthen the capacity of individuals to engage with information; and
Promote individual engagement with information and the public life of the community.
what community media sees as needed or could facilitate.
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