What’s Going on in Community Media?

WHAT'S GOING ON IN COMMUNITY MEDIA?
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation; AUTHOR: Fred Johnson]
A new report shines a spotlight on media that go beyond the standard notions of media in the public interest to embrace practices that increase citizen participation in media production, governance, and policy. The report summarizes the findings of a nationwide scan of effective and emerging community media practices conducted by the Benton Foundation in collaboration with the Community Media and Technology Program of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The scan includes an analysis of trends and emerging practices; an online survey of community media practitioners; one-on-one interviews with practitioners, funders, and policy makers; and the information gleaned from a series of roundtable discussions with community media practitioners in Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Portland, Oregon.
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