*New*: The Knight Foundation has released a video series, "The Digital Revolution & Democracy" featuring interviews and clips from FOCAS 2011. Watch it here, and join the discussion with the Twitter hashtag #infoneeds.
The Aspen Institute Forum on the Freedom to Communicate, created and convened in association with Grupo Salinas, is an annual forum among leaders of media, government, business, academia and the non-profit sector to address issues surrounding the freedoms of expression, association, and connectivity in the 21st Century. Its aim is to arrive at a
The Aspen Institute Forum on the Freedom to Communicate, created and convened in association with Grupo Salinas, is an annual forum among leaders of media, government, business, academia and the non-profit sector to address issues surrounding the freedoms of expression, association, and connectivity in the 21st Century. Its aim is to arrive at a
On October 17 the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will release the final in a series of eight white papers aimed at implementing the recommendations of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. The paper—“Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide” by Richard C. Harwood—proposes four guideposts and nine strategies for communities to assess and build a healthy information...
After the release of Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) indictments in the assassination of late Premier Rafik Hariri, followed by statements that it was linked to three other attempted murders of Lebanese politicians and journalists, STL judge Antonio Cassese is now demanding that Lebanon follow through on its commitment to arrest the four suspects charged in the murder.
The 5th annual Aspen Institute Symposium on Critical Issues in Journalism will be held October 27, 2010 at the U.S. State Department. The annual Symposium has been organized by the Communications and Society Program since 2006 as a part of the State Department’s Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, which brings more than 150 international journalists from more than 100 countries to the United States for a three week visit. This year's Symposium will feature panels and...
Of the Press: Models for Transforming American Journalism details the insights and forward-thinking frameworks resulting from the 2009 Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) in which over 40 leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs addressed the crisis facing journalism, highlighted by recent closings and bankruptcies of numerous traditional news outlets.
