Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibarguen's comments to the WeMedia conference just made my hair stand on end. 

He pointed out that there is, for the first time, a disconnect between media reach and where democracy happens. While local newspapers and radio are disppearing, online media…

The Knight Foundation and Gallup Consulting have just published their Soul of the Community research.  The purpose of the study was to understand what drives "engagement" or commitment to community and how each of Knight's communities ranked on "community citizen engagement" or CCE. 

Several findings stand out.  Aesthetics…