Rural Broadband Live Event Nov 9

Sunday , Nov 07, 2021

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, and the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University present:

Broadband for Everyone. What will it take?

Rural communities and underserved areas of cities both need affordable, reliable high-speed internet service.

But far too often, they don’t have it.

Join us Tuesday, Nov. 9 at noon Central Time, in a free, live discussion aimed at finding solutions.

Featuring a panel of experts including Vilas County Economic Development Corporation Board Chairman, Jim Tuckwell.

The one-hour event will be broadcast live over Facebook and YouTube.

It’s sponsored by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, and the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University. Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel and an O'Brien Fellow is the host, along with Kelli Arseneau, a former O’Brien intern and now a reporter with the Appleton Post Crescent.

Panelists will include: Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association; Keith Gabbard, CEO of Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative (McKee, KY.); Barry Orton, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jim Paine, mayor of the City of Superior; Vickie Robinson, general manager for Microsoft Corp.’s Airband Initiative; Jim Tuckwell, chairman of the Vilas County Economic Development Corp.; and Rebecca Cameron Valcq, chairperson of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.

What questions do you want host Rick Barrett to ask?

Send them in advance to: rick.barrett@jrn.com

Or log onto the Journal Sentinel Facebook page during the event and ask them there.

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