Digital Beat | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

Public Interest Voices for the Digital Age

Read unique perspectives on communications policy debates written by Benton and guest contributors.

Weekly Digest

At the Center for Changing Lives, Digital Skills and Financial Opportunity Go Hand in Hand

Grace Tepper

March 14, 2025
Analysis

The Kūpuna Collective: A Public Health Coalition Advancing Digital Equity

Grace Tepper

February 6, 2025
Analysis

Black Churches 4 Digital Equity: Community Anchors and Committed Advocates

Jess Auer

February 4, 2025
Analysis

Digital Connect Makes Digital Navigation Approachable

Jess Auer

February 3, 2025
Analysis

North Carolina Community College System Brings the Classroom to the Learners

Tsion Tesfaye

January 30, 2025
Analysis

The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Leans Into Collaboration

Chris Ritzo

January 29, 2025
Analysis

Northwest Center Engages Community, Advances Digital Skills

Grace Tepper

January 28, 2025
Analysis

Mass General Brigham Understands That Digital Equity Supports Health Equity

Chris Ritzo

January 27, 2025
Analysis

Free Geek, Devices, and Digital Equity

Caroline Stratton

January 24, 2025
Analysis

How Everyone On Navigates Change to Deliver Digital Equity

Chris Ritzo

January 23, 2025
Analysis

The Mercedes Library Exemplifies a Vital Effort to Promote Digital Independence

Shelli Golson-Mickens

January 22, 2025
Analysis

At the Denver Public Library, People Skills Are the Most Important Quality When Choosing Digital Navigators

Shelli Golson-Mickens

January 21, 2025
Analysis

What We Know About the Human Infrastructure of Broadband

Revati Prasad

January 13, 2025
Benton Editorial

Digital Skills Foster Confidence in Life

Revati Prasad

April 8, 2024
Speech

2024 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champions Awards

Adrianne Furniss

February 15, 2024
If We Build It, Will They Come? Lessons from Open-Access, Middle-Mile Networks,

Analysis

Open-Access, Middle-Mile Networks: Deployment and Competition

Jordan Arnold, Jonathan Sallet

December 1, 2020
Weekly Digest

What 2020 Taught Us About Broadband

Jonathan Sallet

November 20, 2020
Speech

Written Statement for the Reimagine New York Commission

Jonathan Sallet

August 27, 2020
Analysis

America’s Broadband Moment: Creating a Broadband Competition Policy Agenda

Jonathan Sallet

June 9, 2020
Analysis

America’s Broadband Moment: Making Broadband Affordable

Jonathan Sallet

May 5, 2020
Can our public policy match our public needs?

Analysis

America’s Broadband Moment

Jonathan Sallet

April 21, 2020
Benton Editorial

Remembering Henry Geller

Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Jonathan Sallet, Gigi Sohn

April 13, 2020
Analysis

Affordable Broadband Now and Later

Jonathan Sallet

April 1, 2020
Analysis

Our Broadband Moment–Acting Now and Looking Forward

Jonathan Sallet

March 19, 2020

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