Knight Commission report: Informing Communities
Posted 10/5/2009 1:24:00 PM
The Commission concludes:
- The current financial challenges facing private news media could pose a crisis for democracy.
- Public media should provide better local news and information.
- Not-for-profit and non-traditional media can be important sources of journalism.
- Public information belongs to the public. Government must be more open.
- Informed communities can measure their information health.
— from the Executive Summary
Download a PDF of the report below, or join the debate and read online.