<blockquote>A consensus has begun to emerge around the Federal Communications Commission report, "The Information Needs of Communities," <a href="http://storify.com/beyondbroadcast/my-tweets-from-fcc-report-release" target="_blank">released Thursday</a>: The diagnosis is sound, but the remedies are lacking.<strong> </strong>

The 465-page report (see full report, embedded below) is the result of 600-plus interviews, hearings and reams of research conducted over 18 months. It represents the most ambitious attempt yet to come to terms with the consequences of the current media transformation. It's a synthetic and comprehensive look at the entire ecosystem -- commercial, non-commercial and user-generated; across print, broadcast, online and mobile -- making it a tremendous resource for advocates, journalists, entrepreneurs and media educators.

Steven Waldman, journalist, editor and digital news entrepreneur, was lead author for this project and worked with a distinguished team of experts from across the country to compile both capsule histories of each sector and an atlas of current facts and figures. See the gallery of graphs from the report below, assembled by Josh Stearns of the media reform organization Free Press, for a sense of the range and depth of the research. (Overwhelmed? A two-page summary of findings and recommendations is also available <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/57463682/FCC-Info-Needs-of-Communities-Report-Summary" target="_blank">here</a>.)" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/fcc-report-on-media-offers-strong-diagnosis-weak-prescriptions164.html" target="_blank">PBS Mediashift</a>

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