Dot Connector Studio’s Director Jessica Clark and Director of Strategic Initiatives Nancy Watzman attended the recent Knight Media Forum in Miami. The gathering focused on how to strengthen local news, community and democracy, and provided insights from the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy. Nancy has been working with the Knight Foundation on public engagement for the commission over the last few months. Check out her five takeaways here.
Jessica and Nancy live-tweeted from some of the sessions. Here just a few of their impressions:
Ending harassment is a low bar. We need to change the way we relate to one another in deeper and more meaningful ways. @emilymaynot #infoneeds
— Jessica Clark (@beyondbroadcast) February 20, 2018
Polarization melts away quickly when people actually talk to each other @FukuyamaFrancis #knightcomm #infoneeds
— Nancy Watzman (@nwatzman) February 20, 2018
"Smugness is not a business model" for media says @SykesCharlie at #infoneeds
— Jessica Clark (@beyondbroadcast) February 20, 2018
The bot problem can be solved — that's the good news. But the stuff that's coming is going to be more sophisticated more challenging and we may not survive. @sgourley #knightcomm #infoneeds
— Nancy Watzman (@nwatzman) February 20, 2018