Media Minutes for October 30, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 4:59

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A new report proposes a set of recommendations that endorse public policy as part of the solution to securing the future of news. And the Op-Ed Project is expanding public debate by training women to contribute their ideas to the public discourse in many ways.

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