News media Information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 TTY 202/418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov NEWS ftp.fcc.gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: November 23, 2011 Joshua Cinelli at (202) 418-2000 Dave Grimaldi at (202) 418-2100

FCC FORUM: INFORMATION NEEDS OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON CLYBURN AND COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM ON TECH’S CAMPUS IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF GEORGIA’S CITIZENS IN THE CURRENT MEDIA LANDSCAPE

• Hosted by Congressman John Lewis • Remarks by Commissioner Mignon Clyburn • Remarks by Commissioner Michael J. Copps • Public Input and Questions from the Citizens of Atlanta Panelists: Eric Celeste, Editor-in-Chief, Alternative Weekly Creative Loafing Sage Crump, Art is Change, Black Voices for Internet Freedom Heather Gray, President of Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting Foundation WRFG Mo Ivory, Director Political and Community Outreach, CBS Radio Hank Klibanoff, former Managing Editor at AJC, Journalism professor at Shawn McIntosh, Public Editor for the Atlanta Journal Constitution Denene Millner, former political reporter, creator of the blog Mybrownbaby.com Ed Price, Research Director-Interactive Media Technology Center at Georgia Tech Joe Torres, Author-News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media John Weatherford, COO Atlanta

WHERE: Auditorium at the Georgia Tech Research Institute at 250 14th St, NW, Atlanta, GA The event will be webcast on www.fcc.gov/live. Audience members watching online may submit questions to panelists by e-mailing [email protected] or on Twitter using #FCCLIVE.

WHEN: December 1, 2011----5:00PM-8:00PM Eastern

MEDIA: To RSVP or for media inquiries, please contact Roger Goldblatt at [email protected] or 202-418-1035.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please e- mail [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY) with your contact information, should FCC staff need to contact you, and a detailed description of the accommodation you require. Requests should be made as early as possible, as last minute requests may be impossible to fulfill. - FCC -

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