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**THE RESEARCHERS: Bill Densmore, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute [http://www.rjionline.org/events/stories/mclellan-sept-event/index.php (Block by Block, Sept. 23-24)]
 
**THE RESEARCHERS: Bill Densmore, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute [http://www.rjionline.org/events/stories/mclellan-sept-event/index.php (Block by Block, Sept. 23-24)]
 
**THE PRACTITIONER: Laurie Cirivello, Grand Rapids Community Media Center/Rapidian  
 
**THE PRACTITIONER: Laurie Cirivello, Grand Rapids Community Media Center/Rapidian  
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*Strengthen the <i>capacity</i> of individuals to engage with information; and  
 
*Strengthen the <i>capacity</i> of individuals to engage with information; and  
 
*Promote individual <i>engagement</i> with information and the public life of the community.
 
*Promote individual <i>engagement</i> with information and the public life of the community.
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what community media sees as needed or could facilitate.  
 
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Revision as of 16:24, 9 July 2010

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)
    • 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, FreePress.net, Washington, D.C., office

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?

  • 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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