DIGITAL DIVIDE
Closing the Digital Divide (WP)
Internships Close Silicon Valley's Divide (USA)
EDTECH
Kansas Educators Turn to the Web to Create a
Unique 'Virtual' School (CyberTimes)
INTERNET
The Internet Is Playing a Principal Role In Recall of
Bridgestone/Firestone Tires (WSJ)
POLITICAL DISCOURSE
A Masterpiece of Political Theater, With the
President Stealing the Show (NYT)
OWNERSHIP
Diversity in News and Entertainment (NYT)
Viacom Makes Offer to Buy Out The Rest of
Infinity Broadcasting (WSJ)
PRIVACY
Court Says FCC Gives FBI Too Much Wiretap Power (WP)
JOBS
Verizon And CWA Union Trade Charges That Each Drags Feet
On Negotiations (WSJ)
DIGITAL DIVIDE
CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Issue: Digital Divide
Robert Blakey, 5, and 20 of his classmates are participants in one of the
first sites of PowerUp, a national initiative to bring computers and the
Internet to children in poor communities. PowerUp is the brainchild of
America Online Inc.'s chief executive, Steve Case; his wife, Jean; and Colin
Powell, an AOL board member and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. With the significant assistance of corporate partner Gateway and the
Waitt Family Foundation, the program plans to build 250 computer labs by
year's end in schools and community centers. Furthering that goal, Virginia
is expected to announce next week that it will allocate $3 million to build
centers throughout the state, PowerUp chief executive Rae Grad said in an
interview. Illinois is expected to invest $750,000 in PowerUp site and
discussions are being held with California officials. Through their
respective chairmen's foundations, Gateway and AOL have committed 50,000
personal computers and 100,000 Internet access accounts. Several program to
are attempting to tackle the digital divide, but the breadth and ambition of
PowerUp and the prominence of its backers sets it apart.
[SOURCE: Washington Post (E1), AUTHOR: Alec Klein]
(http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32559-2000Aug15.html)
INTERNSHIPS CLOSE SILICON VALLEY'S DIVIDE
Issue: Digital Divide
Not all of Silicon Valley is reaping the benefits of the New Economy. In
East Palo Alto, population 26,000, many students find themselves on the
wrong side of the digital divide. The city's