“Information is just as important to the health of the community as safe streets, good health, and clean air.” That is the basis of the Knight Commission Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age report, according to Charles M. Firestone, director of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program. “Oddly enough,” Firestone told [...]
The folks at Periodismo Ciudadano, which is Spanish for public or citizen journalism, have posted an overview in Spanish of our Center for Sustainable Journalism’s Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. A big thanks to Periodismo Ciudadano for the work it does.
One simple way to monitor your local governing bodies is to demand that they follow the lead of the City of Keene, New Hampshire. Their council meetings are videoed with a running annotated list pinpointing what was said throughout the video.
Anyone who wants to see how an item was addressed can click [...]
On Friday afternoon I am on a panel at the League of Women Voters National Convention that reacts to the Knight Commission report Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age. In doing my homework I came across this in the report, which makes a great checklist for communities which want to be truly [...]
I live in an ungated, city neighborhood, where people actually speak to each other on a regular basis, and we have been having outdoor and indoor family friendly parties once every couple of months. It is a pleasure. But we still get our regular email alerts which are helpful.
So my neighborhood fits in nicely with [...]
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.