The Federal Communications Commission held a nearly three hour-long public hearing at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to discuss recent findings on the needs of local coverage in journalism. The hearing consisted of three panels of media experts that focused on different topics: broadband access, broadcasting rights and new digital media. The topics related to the recent FCC report, “The Information Needs of Communities: The changing media landscape in a broadband age.” --- Nicol Turner-Lee, vice president and director at the Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, addressed the needs of impoverished citizens. “More than 40 percent of African Americans are going to smart phones but news consumption is severely limited,” Turner-Lee said.
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