• B&C, Monday, February 22, 2010 12:25 AM

The FCC formally launched its inquiry into the future of the media and the information needs of communities with a pledge to keep the First Amendment top of mind. Another starting point will be the first workshop on the issue, scheduled for March 4. Steve Waldman said that it would focus on TV and radio stations, saying there had been a "newspaper centrism" to the future of media discussions heretofore.

Waldman is a former print journalist (at Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report). FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski echoed that sentiment, saying that the process would be open and fair and "consistent with the vital goals of free speech in a democracy."

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