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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)
- 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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