FCC Forum: Information Needs of Atlanta

Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Commissioner Michael J. Copps held a public forum on Georgia Tech’s campus in order to assess the needs of Georgia’s citizens in the current media landscape.

• Hosted by Congressman John Lewis
• Remarks by Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
• Remarks by Commissioner Michael J. Copps
• Public input and questions from the citizens of Atlanta

Panelists:

• Eric Celeste
  Editor-in-Chief, Alternative Weekly Creative Loafing
• Sage Crump
  Art is Change, Black Voices for Internet Freedom
• Heather Gray
  President of Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting Foundation WRFG
• Mo Ivory
  Director Political and Community Outreach, CBS Radio
• Hank Klibanoff
  Former Managing Editor at AJC, Journalism professor at Emory University
• Shawn McIntosh
  Public Editor for the Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Denene Millner
  Former political reporter, creator of the blog Mybrownbaby.com
• Ed Price
  Research Director-Interactive Media Technology Center at Georgia Tech
• Joe Torres
  Author-News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media
• John Weatherford
  COO Public Broadcasting Atlanta

Related Materials

• Commissioner Copps' Remarks
• Commissioner Clyburn's Remarks
• News Release