Category Archives: Commentary

JOLTING THE MEDIA

January 25, 2007 – 12:01 pm

Assembling in January in Memphis a group of “journalists, educators, and media reformers from print, broadcast and new media, both mainstream and independent,” came together to look at the critical “intersection of journalism and media reform.” Neal Peirce and Farley Peters were there with them — they had a mission. We firmly believe that a [...]

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REGIONAL FUTURES

September 6, 2006 – 2:27 pm

PEIRCE – How will the world of American and global citistates look 5 or 10 years from now? What’s coming next? Here are five themes I’ve suggested to Associates of the Citistates Group for discussions during our summer gathering this year. We will post some of our Associates responses in the next weblog. (1.) Climate [...]

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URBAN LAND INSTITUTE CITES TEAM’S WORK

June 13, 2006 – 8:50 am

The Citistates team’s 18 years of regional analysis (and provocation) are featured in the “Community Builders” section of the prestigious Urban Land magazine (May 2006). In her request to interview the Citistates team, independent writer and author Desiree French explained, “Community builders are people who have made a tremendous difference in communities by helping to [...]

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