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Revision as of 16:37, 9 July 2010
Contents
- 1 Community Media and the Future of News
- 2 AGENDA
- 2.1 Who are our discussion leaders?
- 2.2 What do we want to accomplish?
- 2.3 How do PEG/Community Media Centers feed these three objectives?
- 2.3.1 *Maximize the availability of relevant and credible information to all Americans and their communities;
- 2.3.2 "Have the community at the center of everything you do. Bring people into your thought process. Get the benefit of finding out more precisely what their news information needs are, and be in a real partnership with them. And for Heaven's sakes, take advantage of their intelligence, their knowledge of the community and their ability to help you create better journalism. I think that would be a very important starting point."
- 2.3.3 PEG access is already there!
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.
Mike Fancher, retired executive editor, The Seattle Times, ethics chair, American Society of News Editors, former Reynolds fellow:
"Have the community at the center of everything you do. Bring people into your thought process. Get the benefit of finding out more precisely what their news information needs are, and be in a real partnership with them. And for Heaven's sakes, take advantage of their intelligence, their knowledge of the community and their ability to help you create better journalism. I think that would be a very important starting point."
PEG access is already there!
