Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2012

News Cities: The Next Generation of Healthy Informed Communities

Richard Adler

May 2011

Aspen Institute

Abstract

A report of the 2010 Forum on Aspen Institute Communications and Society. The report includes a description of the continuing difficulties, yet encouraging advances in local journalism, and a series of recommendations to strengthen public media, increase government transparency, encourage public engagement, promote digital and media literacy, and provide universal broadband access.