What are your information needs?

In three weeks, we collected nearly 1,000 insightful comments from citizens across the country in response to our questions around the information needs of your community.

PBS Engage and the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy appreciate your feedback, and the Commission is reviewing all public input—from this site and others—in order to help inform a report to be released later this year.

For more information on the Knight Commission, please visit knightcomm.org.

If you have questions about the Commission's work and why it chose this issue, ask Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience and a Commission co-chair.

• Where do you find your information? Newspapers? Online? Television? Radio?


• In your local community, what kinds of information do you need to inform the decisions you make and improve your understanding of the community in which you live?


• How can local governments improve public access to the information communities need?


• Do you think everyone in your community has access to the networks they need (online or in-person) to find important information?


• How would you improve the quality of information available to the general public?

The Knight Commission held seven public meetings in communities across the nation and heard from more than 100 people, including community organizers, educators, entrepreneurs, public officials, and more. Listen to their views.

Leave your general comments on your community's information needs