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Six lessons for covering broadband access as the deeply human story it is
posted 04/01/2022
It’s a bigger problem than you think, as the pandemic made clear.
When the world went remote, communities on the wrong side of the digital divide got shut out
posted 07/14/2021
While city residents turned to Zoom, Amazon and Netlifx during COVID-19, the digital divide has left many residents of a Washington state tribal reservation shut out of "normal life."

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Six lessons for covering broadband access as the deeply human story it is
It’s a bigger problem than you think, as the pandemic made clear. more »
posted 04/01/22
When the world went remote, communities on the wrong side of the digital divide got shut out
While city residents turned to Zoom, Amazon and Netlifx during COVID-19, the digital divide has... more »
posted 07/14/21

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Project: Vast numbers of people in Washington are shut out of the digital world; will massive government funding solve the problem?
In many tribal and rural parts of the state, even on the fringes of cities including Seattle, Spokane and Leavenworth, it’s often difficult or impossible to connect to the online world.
Project: Vast numbers of people in Washington are shut out of the digital world; will massive government funding solve the problem?
Colville tribal leaders aren't waiting on corporate America. When it comes to providing broadband, "nobody else is going to do it," said Damon Day, the Colville Reservation’s chief information officer.