The Future of Public Media project tracks the evolution of media for public knowledge and action in a digital, participatory era. We analyze emerging public media projects, identify related technology and policy trends, and create standards to support a networked public media sector dedicated to providing publics with the content and contexts necessary to tackle issues central to our democracy.
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Digital District: Local News and Online Media Access in Washington
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
New America Foundation
1899 L Street NW Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20036
In recent years neighborhood blogs, local online news portals and aggregators, social media applications, and community media centers have all expanded the sources of local information available to communities while simultaneously inviting the public to play a more active role in sharing and producing the news. With its distinctive and diverse neighborhoods, Washington, D.C., is a microcosm for examining new approaches to media production and digital access and their potential for changing the way communities engage with their neighbors and representatives.
Panelists will consider new approaches to
- covering news at the hyperlocal level,
- encouraging civic engagement in communities, and
- bridging the digital divide.
After the panel discussion, attendees will be invited a reception to meet the inaugural class of Public Media Corps fellows and hear about the projects they are beginning to promote broadband adoption through technology and media production training at high schools, public broadcast stations, and non-profit community anchor institutions in Columbia Heights and Anacostia.
Featured Speakers
Veronica O. Davis, PE
Urban Planner/Civil Engineer, NspireGreen
Neighborhood Blogger, "Life in the Village"
Ariel Valdez
Fellow, Public Media Corps
Justin Jouvenal
Web editor, PostLocal.com (Washington Post)
Moderator
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
CSM Blog
Videos
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New, participatory media are fast becoming a vibrant part of the public media landscape. Filmmaker...
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Ernest Wilson, Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication and dean of the Annenberg School for...
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Vince Stehle, Program Officer for the Nonprofit Sector Initiative at the Surdna Foundation,...
