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Community Media: A Full Spectrum Future

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 3:30pm

On February 9, the New America Foundation hosted an event about the new report "Full Spectrum Community Media: Expanding Public Access to Communications Infrastructure".  Key areas of interest discussed amongst the panelists were the core features of community produced media – content, training, space, and access to information distribution – and the ability of community based media to fill gaps left by other broadcasters in serving local interests.  Focus was given to the adaptability of community media in serving their surround

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Bridging the Digital Divide

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 12:15pm

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International Broadcasting, Public Media, and the News Deficit

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:00pm

In an increasingly digital media landscape, people across the globe are relating to their news outlets in new ways. The missions of media producers are changing, as technological innovations reshape news networks into communities.

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Getting Media Right: A Call to Action

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 6:00pm

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Technology, Social Innovation and Civic Participation

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 3:30pm

Disaster, fraud and crime reporting sites provide information to civic authorities. AmberAlert has more than 7 million users who help with information on child abductions, and SERVE.GOV enables citizens to volunteer for national parks, museums and other institutions. These are just a few examples of digital tools -- from social networking applications, to microblogging (e.g. Twitter), to recommendation sites like Ushahidi -- that represent the new frontier of technology-mediated social participation.

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Public Media in a Digital Age

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 4:00pm

After an introduction by Josh Silver, President and CEO of Free Press, featured speaker Mark Thompson commented on the state of public media to a full house eager to get his perspective as Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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WEBINAR: Closed for Business

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:00am

The digital revolution has forged new ways to create knowledge, educate people and disseminate information. It has also restructured the way the world perceives and conducts economic practices, runs governments and engages politically. Recognizing this new dynamic requires global discussion and a common desire & commitment to build a people-centred and development-oriented Information Society. Coming off the heels of the latest Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) discussions in Washington, D.C.

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Digital District: Local News and Online Media Access in Washington

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 5:00pm

When the Media Policy Initiative hosted an event Wednesday evening on local news and online media in our home base of Washington, D.C., the event was, for lack of a better phrase, a community affair. After an introduction by NAF Media Policy Initiative Research Associate Kara Hadge, NAF President and veteran journalist Steve Coll moderated an engaging panel discussion and Q&A session with four panelists drawn from all areas—both geographical and journalistic—of the District. However, the definition of a “community” in the D.C.

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Decoding Digital Activism

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 5:30pm
The Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation hosted a discussion Thursday evening on the potential inherent in digital technology for community activism. Mary Joyce presented ideas from her new book, Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change, joined by four other experts on digital activism.
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Shaping Media Policy for the 21st Century

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 2:00pm
The recession has compounded the financial turmoil faced by institutions of the press. Newspapers have closed, media ownership has consolidated, and few companies have been able to build sufficient revenue through online distribution. Moreover, as the recently issued Knight Report, Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in a Digital Age, stated: "The digital age is creating an information and communications renaissance. But it is not serving all Americans and their local communities equally."
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