Calendar | Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The Gore Commission, 10 Years Later:
The Public Interest Obligations of Digital TV Broadcasters in Perfect Hindsight

A mini-conference
Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:30 a.m.
National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC

The presentation of the first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence will take place on October 7, 2008 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The winner of the 2008 award is John Walcott , Washington bureau chief of the McClatchy Co. (formerly Knight Ridder bureau chief in Washington).

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has circulated a number of items for consideration by his fellow FCC Commissioners as part of the tentative agenda for the next open meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2008.

Rebooting the News: Reconsidering an Agenda for American Civic Education Oct. 23-25, 2008 in Philadelphia.

Vital Signs Via Broadband
12 noon-2:00 pm
Friday, October 24, 2008
National Press Club ~ Washington, DC - Suite 420
529 14th Street, NW (1½ blocks from Metro Center)

Contact Jose Guzman at 202-263-2926 or jguzman@amplifypublicaffairs.net

The Federal Communications Commission's Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications will hold a meeting on October 28th, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the
Federal Communications Commission, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Reports from the subcommittees will be presented.