Media Policy Initiative

This page lists resources that describe analyses of information communities that have been prepared by the New America Foundation in the course of its work understanding and developing media policy.

New America Foundation Information Community Case Studies

• Scranton: An industrial city with a media ecosystem yet to take advantage of digital opportunities (pdf)
• Seattle: A digital community still in transition (pdf)
• Washington D.C.: Addressing information divides with diverse approaches (pdf)
• Minneapolis-St. Paul: Adapting business models to digitalized information demand (pdf)
• The Research Triangle, NC: A region of locally owned media outlets and entrepreneurs on the verge (pdf)