http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/1066 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.freepress.net/node/38447 <p>As U.S. broadcasters gather in Las Vegas this week for an annual meeting, a hot topic is a plan to make them do more to serve communities, from creating citizen advisory panels to sharing radio playlists with the government.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38447">read more</a></p> Stop Big Media Media Consolidation broadcasters broadcasting communities community fcc NAB programming public interest Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:32:43 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 38447 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38415 <p>As people turn increasingly to the Internet for their news, there is concern whether they are learning enough about what goes on in their communities.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38415">read more</a></p> Stop Big Media Media Consolidation community fcc information needs Internet local news Quality Journalism Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:58:20 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 38415 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38404 <p>A new nonprofit group will invest millions in supporting community-based "universal access" to the Internet and digital services. The Knight Center of Digital Excellence, announced this week, says it will start by investing $625,000 toward a new wireless network designed to blanket up to 12 square miles of Akron, Ohio. The network is estimated to cost $2.2 million to design and deploy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38404">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Save The Internet access community Internet network nonprofit Wireless Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:53:57 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 38404 at http://www.freepress.net