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Local Journalism and Broadband Access

We’re polling local news outlets to get a sense of what newsrooms are   doing to address civic needs within their communities, build digital capacities within their communities and what more local newsrooms would be willing and able to do with more funding, potentially via the Digital Equity Act, which is part of the effort to expand broadband access. Please fill out this brief survey by April 15, 2023. We thank you for your time and welcome your feedback. Please send questions or comments to raygarcia@rebuildlocalnews.org
1.Name
2.News organization
3.Email
4.Describe your news outlet, where you are, what communities you serve and what you cover.
5.One of the goals of broadband policy is to increase “civic engagement and participation”.  Do you currently do reporting that helps increase civic engagement and participation?
6.Please elaborate
7.If you had funds to help increase civic engagement and participation, what would you use that for? (select all that apply)
8.Does a lack of broadband access affect your ability to reach your audience? 
9.In the cases where there is broadband access, how does access to broadband affect your coverage area. (Check all that apply)
10.Has your news organization ever implemented one of the following programs (check all that apply)
11.If yes on the above, please describe the program as best you can.
12.If you were to receive additional funding, would you be interested on partnering on any of these above programs.
13.Has your news outlet, or any news outlet you’re aware of ever partnered with an internet service provider for reasons such as promotion of broadband services, content/coverage, digital literacy programs, digital navigators programs? If yes, please summarize
14.If you were to receive additional funding, would you be interested in partnering on such a program?
15.What are we missing? Do you have any other ideas for how your local news outlet could further or complement efforts to connect your community with broadband? Let us know! You can also request to chat with us by phone or zoom.