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Center's "Well Connected" Telecommunication and Media Project Featured on Congresspedia


July 16, 2007; 04:18 AM

The Congresspedia Wiki Website has added the Center for Public Integrity's "Well Connected" project on telecommunication and media to its telecom, media and intellectual property policy portal.

The newly launched “Well Connected” on SourceWatch portal is one of 14 portals on Congresspedia, a creation of the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation. The “Well Connected” portal on Congresspedia offers in-depth information on congressional and regulatory issues on copyright, trademark and patent law, Internet governance, telecommunications and wireless regulation, Net neutrality, broadband availability, cable television, media ownership and funding for public broadcasting.

“Well Connected” on SourceWatch features skilled journalists who are tuned in to the fast-paced world of digital convergence and its impact on public policy. The original writing and expertise of the “Well Connected” project team, coupled with Congresspedia’s broad distribution and comprehensive congressional subject matter, will equip citizens with the latest information on rapidly evolving issues, such as broadband availability, digital copyright, network neutrality, regulating media content and spectrum.

“Wikipedia and Congresspedia have demonstrated the power of distributed information-gathering,” said Drew Clark, senior fellow and project manager of “Well Connected” at the Center for Public Integrity. “Media and telecom policy will be better informed as citizen editors contribute to the hidebound world of Washington journalism.”

As upcoming congressional legislation examines digital spectrum, copyright controls and media ownership, the “Well Connected” team will report on underlying policy issues. In the next phase of the project, Congresspedia plans to install live feeds into the Wiki from the Center’s Media Tracker , a database with five million records tracking media and telecom ownership and political influence. Center reporters also will use citizen journalism to enhance coverage of more than 300 corporations in the information industries.

Visitors to the Congresspedia portal can pull down live data feeds on the status of bills, review a breakdown of Congressional voting records, read user-added links to relevant issue campaigns and take action on legislation of interest.

The Center’s “Well Connected” project has published more than 100 comprehensive reports and informative blog posts on the industry influence, ownership and development of U.S. information networks.
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan independent Washington, D.C.-based organization that does investigative reporting and research on significant public issues. Since 1990, the Center has released more than 400 investigative reports and 17 books. It has received the prestigious George Polk Award and more than 22 other national journalism awards and 16 finalist nominations from national organizations, including PEN USA and Investigative Reporters and Editors. In April 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists recognized the Center with a national award for excellence in online public service journalism for the fifth consecutive year. In October 2006, the Center was honored with the Online News Association’s coveted General Excellence Award. In March 2007, the Center was given a special citation for the body of its investigative work from the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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