Grace Tepper
Editor & Researcher
Grace Tepper is no longer with the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.
Grace Tepper joined the Benton Institute in 2021 and departed in 2026. Her work at the Benton Institute centered on highlighting federal, state and local digital equity initiatives through creative storytelling and community-centered research. She also assisted with Benton’s Accelerate and Broadband Breakthrough programs, newsletter publications, and organizational outreach. Grace has a B.S. in Political Communication from Emerson College.
Grace's Recent Articles
A Final Weekly Digest, and a New Chapter
Pennsylvanians Discuss the Path to Affordable Broadband
Designing Purposeful Technology Policy for Schools
Summer State Broadband Work Continues
States Make Progress on Broadband Programs
Senate Commerce Committee Advances Broadband Bills
FCC's 2027 Performance Plan Doubles Down on 'Build America'
Nearly 200 Nations Step Through the Door Towards AI Governance
A Decade of Digital Opportunity at Can Code Communities
A New Blueprint for Digital Equity Policy
Access and Affordability Take Center Stage at Fiber Connect
One Year Without the Digital Equity Act
The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society's New Board Chair and What Comes Next
House Advances Broadband Legislation
The Department of Labor Does AI 101
On National AI Literacy Day, a Look at the Trump Administration’s Approach to AI in Education
What Does the Digital Inclusion Community Have to Say About AI?
Equitable Healthcare Requires Digital Inclusion
Telecom Act at 30: Act into Action, and Unfinished Business
A Guide for AI Literacy Efforts
NTIA Continues Non-Deployment Listening Sessions
Stakeholders Talk, NTIA Listens on How Best to Deploy BEAD Nondeployment Funds
The State of the Broadband Dream
Introducing: A People-First Chatbot Bill
What Digital Literacy Looks Like in the Age of AI
New Mexico's Three-Year Plan to Close the Digital Divide
Is Fixed Wireless Ready for BEAD?
Reminder: What BEAD Final Proposals Looked Like When Submitted to NTIA
State Digital Equity Work Continues
Nearly all BEAD Final Proposals Submitted for Review
FCC Proposes Changes to Prison Phone Rules
North Carolina Sets its Digital Skills Standards
States Keep Working Towards Digital Equity
Is Your Community's Broadband Affordable?
Are Data Centers Draining the Resources of the South?
House Panel Considers the Role of Permitting in Broadband Deployment
BEAD BEAD BEAD, and More BEAD Plans
States Finalize Their BEAD Proposals
How States Are Tackling Broadband Affordability
Benefit of the Bargain BEAD Proposals Roll In
More BEAD Draft Final Proposals Are Released for Public Comment
FCC Kicks Off its Annual Broadband Deployment Review
Where Policy Meets Action: The Enduring Vision of Kevin Taglang
FCC Adopts New Pole Attachment Rules to Speed Broadband Deployment
How Are Teens Using AI Companions?
Beyond Binary: Bridging the LGBTQ Digital Divide
B-Bi-Bill-Bills, Broadband Bills
The Big, Beautiful… Broadband Bill?
While You Were Watching the Big Beautiful Bill...
22 States Filed a New Suit Challenging the Trump Administration. What Does it Mean for Broadband?
How Digital Navigation Can Transform Healthcare
Does Starlink Have the Speeds for BEAD?
The Opportunities and Challenges of AI in Our Communications Networks
State Plans Show Us the Cost of Eliminating the Digital Equity Act
You Can't Spell Reconciliation Without S-P-E-C-T-R-U-M
The Digital Equity Act: What It Is and Why We Need It
The Digital Divide Isn't Getting Any Younger
What GAO Learned About Federal Broadband Programs
GAO Assesses Artificial Intelligence and Finds Five Risks and Challenges
Senators Have Questions; Roth Has...Answers
Broadband's Role in the Los Angeles Fires Response and Recovery Efforts
Olivia Trusty Gets Her Day With Senate Commerce
Digital Opportunity Put on Hold in Texas
Measuring Internet Access and Use Among Older Adults
At the Center for Changing Lives, Digital Skills and Financial Opportunity Go Hand in Hand
Building Digital Capacity in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
House Commerce Committee Tees Up Telecommunications Bills
Expanding Broadband Adoption in Wisconsin with Digital Equity Capacity Funds
Maine Uses Digital Equity Capacity Funds to Ensure Communities Can Thrive
Montana Advances Opportunity with Digital Equity
West Virginia's Digital Equity Timeline
The Kūpuna Collective: A Public Health Coalition Advancing Digital Equity
Linking Alabama to Broadband With a Digital Equity Capacity Grant
Northwest Center Engages Community, Advances Digital Skills
ConnectingALL with Digital Equity Capacity Grant in New York
Every Connecticuter Connected with Capacity Funds
Securing Minnesota's Future with Digital Equity Capacity Funds
Connecting Georgians with Digital Equity Capacity Funds
Digital Equity Capacity in New Mexico
How States Plan To Track Digital Equity Progress
Digital Equity Funding Boosts Innovative Connectivity in Indiana
California Takes Steps Towards Digital Equity
New Hampshire Pursues Affordable Broadband With BEAD
Affordable Broadband for Every Household in New Mexico
Ensuring Affordable Broadband for all Virginians
Balancing Access and Affordability in Rhode Island
Connecting All Missourians to Affordable Broadband
Connecting Massachusetts with Affordable Broadband
Hawai'i is Working to Connect All to Affordable Broadband
How Maryland is Working to Make Broadband More Affordable
Michigan Is on the Road to Closing the Digital Divide by 2030
When Will Nevada Implement Its Digital Equity Plan?
Supporting Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Grantees
FCC Will Launch Cybersecurity Pilot Program for Schools and Libraries
What Are ISPs Offering Consumers after ACP?
How the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives Connected Communities in 2023
The Digital Divide in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities
As ACP Funding Dwindles, What is the Future of Broadband Affordability?
Achieving Digital Equity in the U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa's BROADBANDiNEI Digital Equity Plan
A Voyage to Digital Equity in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Guam's Journey to Digital Inafa'maolek
What's in the Budget for Broadband?
How is the FCC Working to Protect Broadband Consumers?
Digital Equity and Adult Education
What's Your State's Digital Equity Plan?
Creating a Foundation of Digital Equity in South Carolina
Connectivity in the Commonwealth: Virginia's Plan
A Wholistic Digital Equity Plan for Rhode Island
A Plan to Transform Indiana's Digital Equity Landscape
Equitable Participation in Today's Digital World: New Hampshire's Plan
Digital Skills and Accessibility in Mississippi
Addressing Digital Equity Needs in Iowa
Centering Communities in Arizona's Digital Equity Plan
Developing Digital Skills and Opportunity in Arkansas
A New Chapter of Digital Equity Work in California
New Mexico's Plan for an Inclusive and Prosperous Society
Everyone Connected: Connecticut's Digital Equity Plan
Coloradans at the Heart of State's Digital Access Plan
Connected and Empowered: A Digital Equity Plan for Pennsylvania
A Vision and a Mission for Digital Equity in North Carolina
Creating Digital Opportunities in Nebraska
Developing Digital Equity Solutions in Vermont
Working Towards Digital Equity in DC
Oregon's Plan for Meaningful Broadband Access
Alaska's Plan to Address Broadband Adversity
Georgia's Plan for Digital Connectivity
A Plan for Digital Equity in Delaware
Equity for the Digital Age: Maryland's Plan
North Dakota's Collective Approach to Digital Equity
Achieving a Digitally Inclusive Ohio
Envisioning a Connected, Interconnected Alabama
Fulfilling Oklahoma's Digital Promise
Missouri Pursues Sustainable Digital Opportunity Initiatives
A Digital Equity Plan to Connect All Kansans
Aloha Spirit Inspires Hawai'i Digital Equity Plan
Wisconsin's Digital Equity Values
Kentucky Pursues Full and Equitable Digital Access for All
Tennessee Drafts a Digital Opportunity Plan
Washington State Sets Digital Equity Goals
States are Relying on the Federal Affordable Connectivity Program to Close the Digital Divide
Louisiana is Depending on the ACP to Eliminate the Digital Divide
The Single Most Impactful Affordability Asset Currently Available to Utahns is the ACP
ACP Key to Montana's Digital Opportunity Plan
Wyoming Relying on ACP for Affordable Broadband
West Virginia's Plan for Digital Equity Depends on the Affordable Connectivity Program
West Virginia's Plan to Conquer the Digital Divide
Rhode Island Works to Bring Broadband to All Residents
Your State Needs Broadband Legislative Champions. Just Ask Louis Riggs
Wyoming Seeks Feedback on Digital Access Plan
Montana's Five-Year Plan for BEAD Funding
Communities Know Communities Best: Michigan's Digital Equity Plan
How is the Affordable Connectivity Program Performing?
Montana's Digital Opportunity Plan
Achieving Digital Independence in Utah
Boosting Digital Equity in Phoenix
Maine Drafts a Five-Year Broadband Action Plan
Maine's Vision of Digital Equity
Federal Broadband Funding Report: These Agencies Are Funding Internet for All (Part II)
What did NTIA's Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth Accomplish in 2022?
How the Martha Wright-Reed Act Moves Us Closer to Just and Reasonable Communications
North Carolina Central University Trains Digital Equity Leadership in Durham
A Year One Update on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Connecting Tribal Communities
Hoopa Valley Tribe is Closing the Digital Divide
Black Churches 4 Digital Equity Connects Communities to the Affordable Connectivity Program
Drake State Employs Broadband to Further STEM Opportunities
Arkansas Uses Capital Projects Fund to Connect Rural Areas
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Play a Key Role in States' Digital Equity Plans
American Rescue Plan Fuels Virginia's Universal Broadband Efforts
Affordable Connectivity Program Commitments by Internet Service Providers
Internet Service Providers Commit to Affordable Broadband
Broadband's Role in Equity Action Plans
NTIA Funds Public-Private Broadband Partnerships
Public-Private Partnerships Funded by NTIA's Broadband Infrastructure Program
Does your wireless company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?
Does your telephone company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?
Does your cable company participate in the Affordable Connectivity Program?