• Public Media and Journalism: A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste

    Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
    October 23, 2009

    This is a guest post by Mark MacCarthy, a professor at Georgetown University's Communication, Culture, and Technology Program.

    I want to develop the idea that substantially increased federal funding for public service media that provide local news and information would be an effective public policy response to the crisis in journalism. I start from several propositions:

  • Historic Day for Net Neutrality

    Megan Tady
    October 22, 2009

    The Federal Communications Commission just approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Net Neutrality this morning, following through on its promise to preserve an open Internet.

  • Net Neutrality Is a Good Investment

    Craig Aaron
    October 22, 2009

    In the run-up to the release of the Federal Communication Commission’s proposed new Network Neutrality rules on Thursday, phone and cable lobbyists and their proxies have been hammering lawmakers, regulators and the press with unsubstantiated claims about the “unintended consequences” of FCC action.

  • Questions about Net Neutrality Opponents Still Can't Answer

    Adam Lynn
    October 22, 2009

    As the opponents of Net Neutrality continue their desperate attempts to thwart the FCC from beginning a rulemaking on the issue, we decided it might be helpful for readers to see for themselves the kinds of pretzel-like arguments they’ve twisted themselves into. Here are five fundamental questions Net Neutrality opponents have failed to answer:

  • Overwhelming Support for Net Neutrality on Eve of FCC Meeting

    Megan Tady
    October 21, 2009

    Support for Net Neutrality is streaming in faster than we can say “Julius Genachowski.”

  • 25,000 People Tell FCC to Put the Public First, Support Net Neutrality

    Megan Tady
    October 21, 2009

    What happens when some members of Congress don’t speak for the people they represent? We speak for ourselves.

    At first, the numbers seemed daunting -- dozens of our lawmakers sold out their own constituents by urging the FCC to rethink its plans to adopt new Net Neutrality protections.

  • Net Neutrality Amplifies Vital Voices of African-Americans

    James Rucker
    October 21, 2009

    ColorOfChange.org is writing to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support the fundamental Internet principle of network neutrality. For African-Americans and several other communities, the Internet offers a transformative opportunity to build a more equitable media system.

  • National Organization for Women Supports Net Neutrality

    Terry ONeill NOW President
    October 21, 2009

    The National Organization for Women (NOW) urges you to stand with us in support of Network Neutrality, the principle that protects choice of content and equal opportunity on the Internet.

  • Nearly 50 Online Journalism Innovators Pledge Support for Net Neutrality

    Josh Stearns
    October 21, 2009

    UPDATE: The names just keep rolling in - we are now up to nearly 50 newsrooms and journalists who have signed on to support Net Neutrality."

    We, the undersigned, ask you to stand with us in favor of “Net Neutrality.” Freedom of the press is a central tenant of our democracy and the Internet is today’s printing press. As journalists we understand that Net Neutrality is at its core about people’s access to information. The future of journalism in America depends on an open and free flowing Internet.

  • Rural America's stake in "Net Neutrality"

    Wally Bowen
    October 21, 2009

    The current battle over net neutrality has deep roots, oddly enough, in rural America. In 1891, a Kansas undertaker named Almon Strowger patented the first telephone switch. His innovation, he would later say, was compelled by a local telephone operator who limited calls to his business while favoring calls to his competitor, with whom she was romantically involved.

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