The Media and Democracy Coalition is a collaboration of over two dozen local and national organizations committed to amplifying the public's voice in shaping media and telecommunications policy.

Media and Democracy Coalition & the Obama FCC Transition

In a series of meetings in late December 2008, Coalition members and allies urged the Obama FCC transition team to consider an aggressive list of changes that would make the agency more accountable to the public, and would advance public interest media policies.

On this page, you can review all of the documents collected as part of this process.

Meeting Minutes

December 16, 2008 In-Person Meeting with Susan Crawford and Kevin Werbach minutes

December 22, 2008 Conference call with Kevin Werbach

 

Coalition Member and Allies FCC Transition Briefing Documents

Key Points on Digital Access, Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union

Spectrum Policy: Recommendations for the FCC, Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation

Network Neutrality Recommendations for the FCC, Sascha Meinrath & Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation

Impact of the FCC's Selective Data Collection on Radio Regulation, Michael Bracy & Kristin Thomson, Future of Music Coalition 

MAP White Paper Proposal on FCC Spectrum Policy Reform, Harold Feld, Media Access Project

Principles and Policies for an Open Broadband Future, Public Knowledge

The Need for Enhanced FCC Commitment to Diversity, National Hispanic Media Coalition

Improving Structures and Processes at the FCC, Angela Campbell, Institutute for Public Representation

Clarifying the Jurisdiction of the FCC, Media Access Project

Media and Democracy in America Today: A Reform Plan for a New Administration, Common Cause

Letter to The Obama FCC Review Team, Helen Soule, Alliance for Community Media

Community Media's Future, Alliance for Community Media

Public Interest Obligations of Broadcasters, Benton Foundation

Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future, Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obigations of Digital Broadcasters

Citizen's Guide to Public Interest Obligations of Digital Broadcasters, Benton Foundation

Low Power FM Recommendations for the FCC Under President Barack Obama, Shawn Campbell, Chicago Indendent Radio Project & Prometheus Radio Project

The Digital Arts Service Corps Can Build a Public Online Sphere, Helen De Michiel, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture 

Urbana-Champaign Input to Obama's FCC Transition Team, Danielle Chynoweth, Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center

Change and the FCC, Reclaim the Media

Comments of the Mid-Atlantic Community Papers Association to President-Elect Obama FCC Transition Co-Leaders

Open Note to the FCC Transition Team, Michael Maranda, Catalytic Communities & Chicago Digital Access Alliance

Ten Principles of Digital Excellence, Michael Maranda, Catalytic Communities & Chicago Digital Access Alliance

Statement to the Obama FCC Transition Team, Bruce Fife, Oregon Alliance to Reform Media

Native Public Media Policy Priorities, Loris Taylor, Native Public Media

Six Steps Toward a Stronger, More Transparent, More Accountable FCC in the Obama Era, Joe Karaganis, Social Science Research Council