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• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • In response to: “Do you think this request for proposal should be wide open, or should there be specific rules and categories?”

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • In response to: “What do you think is the missing link between Internet news and information and the development of actual communities?”

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • I would emphasize proposals that are based on portfolios, pilot projects, things you can actually see before you sign off on a grant.

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • Get people out from their computers and out into their communities. Look for offline applications, high value functions that have logical online components and offer those constituencies a chance get help, connect and use the tools online to facilitate their real world goals.

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • In response to: "Do you think this request for proposal should be wide open, or should there be specific rules and categories?"

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • In response to: "What is the biggest challenge to news in the 21st century": Relevance: too much reporting at the national level is self-referential and irrelevant Adam Clayton Powell III Visiting Professor Director of the Integrated Media Systems Center USC Annenberg

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • Make it a national badge of honor for a community to reach a certain level of community news-ness.

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • In response to: “How can cyberspace improve physical space?” Through access to a greater range of news and opinions and by two-way dialogue. Chris Jennewein Vice President, Internet Operations Union-Tribune Publishing Co.

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • I would look for proposals that addressed the issues faced by communities underrepresented in current news media, women, African Americans, immigrants and new Americans. I believe the Internet has been inadequately understood and used by most print news media.

• The 21st Century News Challenge: What would YOU do?

  Fri May 12, 2006
  • In response to: "What do you think is the missing link between Internet news and information and the development of actual communities?"