Alt text: A two-panel illustration contrasting the challenge and solution of civic information access. The top panel shows social media content flooding through an algorithm filter while civic buildings and voter turnout fade into the background. The bottom panel depicts a central media archive — with icons for video, audio, and recording — connected by roots and circuits to pillars of civic infrastructure, books, and film, representing the preservation and distribution of the public record.
Notes from the Network

What Happens When No One’s Watching

There's a moment in a lot of local government decisions where the…

By M Schuster
Hands holding a mobile phone with an image of a government meeting in the foreground and blurred image of that government meeting in the background
Notes from the Network

Participation Is a Practice

It can be easy to think the way decisions get made in…

By M Schuster
Notes from the Network

An Open Space for Community Voices—Then and Now

For more than 40 years, Public Media Network has helped keep local…

By M Schuster