Comments on: Highlights from the Knight Commission's report http://www.knightblog.org/highlights-from-the-knight-commissions-report Informed, engaged communities Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:49:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gary Sweeten http://www.knightblog.org/highlights-from-the-knight-commissions-report/comment-page-1#comment-197 Gary Sweeten Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:40:15 +0000 http://www.knightblog.org/?p=1849#comment-197 I watched most of the Knight Foundation reports on C-SPAN and was heartened by the emphasis on community involvement and civic engagement and the need to intentionally spread the digital media into all communities. However, I did not see anyone representing faith communities. That is too bad because faith communities have the most broadly and most personal penetration of different kinds of communities. Faith communities also bridge the impersonal divide between media and personal contact, assisting individuals and families access and implement educational, health and government discussions. We are currently researching ways to connect, educate and train families with special needs children with professionals, faith communities and similar families. The digital age will be critical to accomplishing that goal but it must also be able to connect peer volunteers and extended family members personally with the familes so education can lead to support. I watched most of the Knight Foundation reports on C-SPAN and was heartened by the emphasis on community involvement and civic engagement and the need to intentionally spread the digital media into all communities. However, I did not see anyone representing faith communities. That is too bad because faith communities have the most broadly and most personal penetration of different kinds of communities. Faith communities also bridge the impersonal divide between media and personal contact, assisting individuals and families access and implement educational, health and government discussions.

We are currently researching ways to connect, educate and train families with special needs children with professionals, faith communities and similar families. The digital age will be critical to accomplishing that goal but it must also be able to connect peer volunteers and extended family members personally with the familes so education can lead to support.

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