Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner will testify on March 9 on behalf of Free Press and the SavetheInternet.com coalition before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner will testify on March 9 on behalf of Free Press and the SavetheInternet.com coalition before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
This report surveys the public media policies and structures of 14 democratic nation-states around the world, and how they fund and protect the autonomy of journalism and public media. The results are encouraging. Public media in every nation examined provide more and higher quality public affairs programming and a greater diversity of genres and unique perspectives than their commercial counterparts. Publicly subsidized newspapers are just as or more critical of government than their advertising-subsidized competitors.
Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott calls for a national journalism strategy to address the problems in the news industry and promote a vibrant news marketplace at a U.S. House hearing entitled "A New Age for Newspapers: Diversity of Voices, Competition and the Internet.
The first report in this series provides an in-depth analysis of ideas and proposals being debated about the future of the news business and advocates for a range of short- and long-term strategies. Saving the News calls for a far-reaching national journalism strategy built around the principles of protecting the First Amendment, producing quality news coverage, providing adversarial perspectives, promoting public accountability and prioritizing innovation.
Twenty-five organizations, including the National Organization for Women, Rainbow PUSH, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the Office of Communication, Inc.
Several public interest groups filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission Friday declaring they would become watchdogs over the newly merged media behemoth of Comcast and NBC Universal.
