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Report on Ownership of Commercial Broadcast Stations

Offering “more complete, reliable, and accurate data,” FCC report shows a decline in minority station owners. With growth in number of stations, representative coverage a growing gap to fill.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on January 18, 2013
Topics: Policy, Resources Tags: Diversity in Journalism, FCC, Media Ownership, Report

From Competition to Cooperation: Engaging Cable, Satellite, Internet and Mobile Broadband Service Providers in Meeting the Information Needs of Communities

Focusing on distribution as well as content, North Carolina explores how broadband service providers can "bolster accountability journalism." What is the answer in your community?

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on July 13, 2012
Topics: Distribution, Policy, Resources Tags: Accountability, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie-Knight, Community News, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Information Needs, Internet Providers, Knight Foundation, Report

The Media Policy Initiative

MPI goes deep and broad exploring how media innovation may best serve democracy with products to help inform policies that advance the public interest.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on November 2, 2011
Topics: Community, Experiments, Policy, Resources Tags: Congress, Digital Democracy, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, FTC, Information Ecology, Media Policy Initiative, MPI, New America Foundation, Open Technology Initiative, Policy

Knight Report: Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age

Released in 2009 in collaboration with the Aspen Institute, this paper explores what people require to inform their lives in the digital age and how journalism functions in service of this.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 25, 2011
Topics: Community, Distribution, Policy, Resources Tags: Community News, Digital Age, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Information Ecology, Internet, Knight Foundation, Local News, Newspapers, Radio, Television

Local TV News in the Los Angeles Media Market: Are Stations Serving the Public Interest?

"Are Stations Serving the Public Interest?" 2010 Study on LA local news content by the Annenberg School at USC.

Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 21, 2011
Topics: Community, Distribution, Innovation, Resources, Revenue Tags: FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Local News, Los Angeles Media Market, Norman Lear Center, Public Interest, University of Southern California, USC