Information Needs of Communities - Arizona Field Event

On October 3, 2011, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski attended a field event at Arizona State University on the recommendations of the recently released staff-level report on the current state of the media landscape. The report, titled Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age [1] was delivered to the FCC in June 2011.

The report describes tremendous innovation in the media landscape but also identifies critical gaps, including a shortage of local news reporting. The report also offers recommendations for government, nonprofit players and entrepreneurs. At this event, Chairman Genachowski and Commissioner Copps heard from journalists, academics, businesses, and the public about innovating and strengthening news and information-gathering and reporting to meet citizen needs. To read the report, visit FCC.gov/InfoNeedsReport [1].

Speakers

Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Michael J. Copps, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Steven Waldman, Chair, FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities
William Lake, Chief of FCC Media Bureau

Panelists

Jonathan Blake, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling, LLC, on behalf of Barrington, Belo, Dispatch, Gannett, Hearst, Post-Newsweek, and Raycom
Susan Crawford, Professor, Cardozo Law School
Kevin Davis, CEO and Executive Director, Investigative News Network
Greg Dawson, Vice President of News, NBC7 San Diego
Leonard Downie, Jr., Weil Family Professor of Journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
Paul Giguere, President and CEO, National Association of Public Affairs Networks
Retha Hill, Executive Director of the New Media Innovation Lab, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
Jason Klein, President and CEO, Newspaper National Network
Craig Parshall, SVP and General Counsel, National Religious Broadcasters
Nicol Turner Lee, Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Institute for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Laura Walker, President and CEO, New York Public Radio (WNYC)
Coriell Wright, Policy Counsel, Free Press

Panelist Presentations

Related Materials

News Release [14] (10/3/11)
Chairman Genachowski Remarks [15]
Commissioner Copps Remarks [16]
News Release [17] (9/27/11)
Information Needs of Communities Report [18]

Links:
[1] http://www.fcc.gov/info-needs-communities
[2] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Jonathan-Blake.pdf
[3] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Susan-Crawford.pdf
[4] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Kevin-Davis.pdf
[5] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Greg-Dawson.pdf
[6] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Leonard-Downie.pdf
[7] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Paul-Giguere.pdf
[8] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Retha-Hill.pdf
[9] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Jason-Klein.pdf
[10] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Craig-Parshall.pdf
[11] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Nicol-Turner-Lee.pdf
[12] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Laura-Walker.pdf
[13] http://transition.fcc.gov/arizona-field-event-100311/Coriell-Wright.pdf
[14] http://www.fcc.gov/document/genachowski-and-copps-field-event-arizona
[15] http://www.fcc.gov/document/genachowski-field-event-phoenix-az
[16] http://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-copps-phoenix-arizona-remarks
[17] http://www.fcc.gov/document/genachowski-and-copps-phoenix-arizona
[18] http://www.fcc.gov/infoneedsreport