The Save the Internet Coalition today launched a major campaign to increase public education on Network neutrality and to lobby Congress against abandoning it. From the organization's website: "The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is a group of grassroots organizations, bloggers and concerned citizens that are banding together to protect a free and open Internet. The Coalition believes that the Internet is a crucial engine for economic growth and democratic discourse. ... From its beginnings, the Internet has leveled the playing field for all comers. Everyday people can have their voices heard by thousands, even millions of people. The SavetheInternet.com Coalition -- representing millions of Americans from all walks of life -- is working together to ensure that Congress passes no telecommunications legislation without meaningful and enforceable network neutrality requirements."

JD Lasica, who reports he was interviewed by NPR for an All Things Considered show that will air tomorrow: "As with everything, it's not a black-and-white issue. Safeguards need to be put in place that the next-generation Internet being engineered in educational settings isn't held back by requiring equal access before it even rolls out the door. But on the whole, Net neutrality is an important principle for us to embrace as a society, wih potentially large consequences for grassroots media makers." Also be sure to check out JD's Darknet blog for related coverage and commentary.

Ethan Zuckerman of Global Voices Online announces its new partnership with Reuters: "We’re especially excited about the relationship because we see a great opportunity to help Reuters - and the global media community as a whole - to understand blogging better and the impact of Citizen’s Media on the world of journalism. We believe that the information, opinions and perspective that bloggers share complement conventional journalism and that bloggers and journalists can work together to give us a more accurate and representative picture of events and opinions around the world."

Dean Wright, Reuters' global managing editor for consumer services, in a brief article in the Guardian on the partnership: "We need to open our website to other voices. There are a lot of conversations going on around news these days and we want to tap into that."

Explains the piece: "The blog content will be displayed in two ways - either as clearly labelled posts within the company's own websites, or as a link to a separate website placed at the end of a Reuters story offering readers a broader perspective."