NCMR in the News

Nearly 3,000 people have come from across the nation for what’s become known as the most important gathering of the growing movement for media reform. Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! sits down with Free Press' Robert W. McChesney and Josh Silver.

This year’s National Conference for Media Reform reflects the growing media reform movement, and the opportunities and challenges before us as we continue the fight for a strong and independent media.

The Internet has opened up so many possibilities for communication that the most important concern about the media isn’t broadcast television ownership, but about threats from cable and Bell companies, said Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver.

Net Neutrality is not a problem in a vacuum, Columbia Law professor Tim Wu said at the fourth National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis.

The Twin Cities area is home to some of the country's most exciting alternative media projects. Representatives from several local alternative and non-profit media organizations spoke at an NCMR panel called "Minnesota Model: Countering Corporate Media."

Protecting Internet news sources from being controlled by a small number of powerful corporations is one of the "most profound fights of our lives," Josh Silver of Free Press said at the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform.

I’m in town for Free Press’s annual conference for Media Reform. This is my first time at the conference (and actually my first non-DC conference) and I’m amazed at the size!

Minnesota is under the lights and "on camera" this weekend, as a three-day National Conference on Media Reform gets underway this morning at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

There's just one day to go until the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis. Several pre-conference events taking place today: a forum for academics, a teach-in on media literacy tools and techniques, a citizen-journalist training, a Consumers Union pre-conference and "Democracy Day" events.

In the past five years, the media reform movement secured important wins against large broadcasting, phone and cable companies. The energy and excitement in Minneapolis is a reflection of the heightened passion and involvement of people across the country -- a passion for better media that's beginning to resonate inside the Beltway.

The Media Democracy movement is reaching revolutionary heights and independent- and citizen-controlled media are beginning to change the way we get our information.

Young people are fired-up over corporate media's crimes. This year’s National Conference for Media Reform is jam-packed with programs and speakers specifically for young people and the issues you care about.

For a long time -- far too long -- crucial decisions about the public airwaves and how Americans communicate with one another have been made behind closed doors by high-priced lobbyists and often corrupted politicians. The public was shut out. But now, thanks in many ways to the open Internet itself, that's starting to change.

A debut showing of Phil Donahue's documentary film, "Body of War," on Friday night will be one of the highlights of this year's National Conference for Media Reform, which takes place this weekend in Minnesota.

After years of working to stop “bad” media policies, Free Press wants to “push proactively rather than defensively” on Net Neutrality and other issues. And this year's National Conference for Media Reform is focused more on emerging technologies and the Internet” than the past ones