A Healthy Digital Ecology: Creating a Community Vision for Federal Internet Funding

The federal government is spending billions on media education and Internet expansion as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. In this workshop, we'll share our experiences and hopes for the Internet, case-study multiple strategies for Recovery Act funding in both rural and urban settings, and incubate new strategies for media and arts leaders. Through this workshop, the NAMAC community joins a conversation in progress that the presenters have developed through the Allied Media Conference and the Midwest Rural Assembly, so we will start with a summary of earlier conclusions about what makes a healthy digital ecology.

Presenters:
Eloise Rose Lee, Media Alliance
Daniel Meredith, Open Technology Initiative
Traci Morris, Native Public Media
Sean McLaughlin, Access Humboldt

Moderated by: Josh Breitbart, People's Production House