CIAO DATE: 07/2009
March 2009
What information do citizens need to participate fully in the democratic life of their communities? How did they get this information in the past and how will they get it in the future? What impact is the emergence of digital news having on traditional media and on the profession of journalism? What business models will support the continued creation and dissemination of high quality news, particularly on a local level? What policies are needed to support the continued availability of vital news about America’s communities? These are among the questions that are being considered by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, created in early 2008 by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as the result of a recommendation made at FOCAS 2007.
Resource link: Media and Democracy: A Report of the 2008 Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society [PDF] - 530K