Free Press: DC

How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:49:54 -0800

Start: 12/01/2009 - 08:30

End: 12/02/2009 - 05:00

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The Federal Trade Commission will hold two days of workshops free and open to the public, to explore how the Internet has affected journalism. The event is free and open to the public. The workshop will assemble representatives from print, online, broadcast and cable news organizations, academics, consumer advocates, bloggers, and other new media representatives.

Bridging the Digital Divide

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:16:56 -0800

Start: 12/08/2009 - 08:00

End: 12/08/2009 - 10:30

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Increasingly, access to broadband is being seen as a civil right. Is the promise of broadband technology truly available to all? What are the best ways to "move the needle" in this country on broadband adoption? Globally, what lessons have and can be learned from other nations' experiences in ameliorating the digital divide?

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FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:14:26 -0800

Start: 12/03/2009 - 14:00

End: 12/03/2009 - 18:00

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The Media Issues working group will present a formal best practices recommendation. This will be the third meeting of the full Diversity Committee under its renewed charter and new membership.

FCC National Broadband Plan Workshop: Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:09:17 -0800

Start: 11/19/2009 - 09:30

End: 11/19/2009 - 18:00

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The goal of the Broadband Workshop on Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices is to understand post-100-megabit/s fiber and partial-fiber solutions for the middle mile, public institutions, small to medium enterprises and homes.

New Media, Technology & Internet Use in Indian Country

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:53:17 -0800

Start: 11/19/2009 - 09:00

End: 11/19/2009 - 11:00

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On November 19, 2009, Native Public Media and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative will release New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, one of the most extensive studies of on the ground technology use, access, and adoption in Native American lands. Demonstrating the great need to include Native Americans in the discourse around the National Broadband Plan.

FCC Workshop: Lessons for the National Broadband Plan from Local Officials Representing Under-served Communities

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:26:50 -0800

Start: 12/09/2009 - 09:30

End: 12/09/2009 - 18:30

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requires the FCC to submit a national broadband plan that seeks to “ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability.” Specifically, the Commission is required to establish “a plan for use of broadband infrastructure and services in advancing … community development … worker training, private sector investment, entrepreneurial activity, job creation and economic growth…” What are the lessons from local and state government officials toward meeting these specific national purposes? What is the potential role of local officials representing un-served or under-served communities in the national broadband plan?

Hearing on the Universal Service Reform Act of 2009

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:19:05 -0800

Start: 11/17/2009 - 09:30

End: 11/17/2009 - 18:00

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Hearing On The “Universal Service Reform Act Of 2009." House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is circulating a draft of a bill that would extend the Universal Service Fund to broadband and set a minimum speed of service to qualify for the subsidy.

New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:44:47 -0800

Start: 11/09/2009 - 00:00

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A daylong gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators. Topics to be covered include training citizen journalists, launching niche sites, sustaining operations and the release of a new J-Lab report on what women news consumers and creators want from their news media.

FCC Media Ownership Workshop

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:09:49 -0700

Start: 11/03/2009 - 23:00

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The FCC is holding workshops on Nov. 2,3 and 4 to discuss the scope and methodology of the proceeding and the analytical framework the Commission should use for conducting its review. We will explore these issues during three half-day sessions with: (1) a panel of policy scholars, (2) a panel of public interest groups, and (3) a panel of broadcasters and media trade associations. Nov.

FCC Media Ownership Workshop

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:05:48 -0700

Start: 11/02/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4