Knight Commission
Aspen Institute-Convened Knight Commission Cited in FCC "Future of Media" Project
January 21, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission cited the findings of Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, the report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, in a recent announcement on its project on the Future of Media. The report is the result of a year-long study to assess the information needs of communities across the United States.Read More
Viewpoint
Glimmers in the Holy Land: Resetting U.S. Mideast Policy
December 10, 2009 Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson, writing in Time Magazine
The time has come for the Obama Administration to do a reset of American policy in the Middle East. At the moment, things are a mess. Earlier this year, U.S. officials requested that the Israelis stop all construction of settlements. Having drawn such a line in the sand, they appeared to blink when the Israelis kicked some of the sand in their face...Read More
