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Media Minutes: February 3, 2012

Candace Clement — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:06 -0500

Six months into Comcast’s FCC-mandated program to provide low-income households with affordable broadband, communities are finding it difficult to access the offer. And police in Oakland, Calif., arrested seven credentialed journalists during an Occupy protest.

Media Minutes: December 2, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:22:16 -0500

Could it be that the days of rubberstamping mega telecommunications mergers in Washington, D.C. are over? Maybe not, but for AT&T, at least, the hiccups disrupting its plan to purchase wireless competitor T-Mobile just keep coming. And a new expose in Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting’s Extra!

Media Minutes: September 23, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:45:48 -0400

In an era in which regulation has become a four-letter word, seven state attorneys general last week joined the Department of Justice's lawsuit seeking to block the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. And two nonprofit organizations have recently released a Newspaper Industry Environmental Vision — encouraging newspaper publishers to adopt sustainable printing practices that don’t rely so heavily on virgin wood fibers.

Media Minutes: August 5, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:23:09 -0400

The year-old nonprofit independent online news outlet Bay Citizen in San Francisco has voted to join a local of the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America. The workers hope their move will inspire other new media outlets to do the same.

Media Minutes: July 29, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:01:10 -0400

The Federal Communications Commission released a proposal this month that starts the process of determining exactly how to enact the Local Community Radio Act. First things first? Dealing with the thousands of translator applications that have been pending for the last six years. And "My Life is True" — a new public media project — is trying to prove the premise that everyone’s got a story to share.

Media Minutes: July 15, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:34:55 -0400

Bridging the Rural Broadband Divide

It’s easy to take for granted how important getting online can be. But in many rural communities, getting online at all is a challenge. This year's National Rural Assembly focused heavily on broadband access and networks, noting that no matter how small your community may be, Internet access is critical.

Media Minutes: May 6, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:09:46 -0400

Jigsha Desai is one of Editor & Publisher magazine’s 25 people under the age of 35 who are helping to reshape journalism and guide media companies through the digital era. And public interest advocates call for reforms to the FCC's Universal Service Fund in order to support broadband build-out and adoption.

Media Minutes: April 29, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:56:55 -0400

If AT&T is allowed to merge with T-Mobile, the new company would have an unprecedented ability to harvest information and influence behaviors, spending patterns and even political action. And prominent labor historians, activists and journalists discussed the connection between the media and the labor movement at the National Conference for Media Reform.

Media Minutes: April 15, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:53:47 -0400

Last week, more than 2,500 people gathered in Boston for the fifth National Conference for Media Reform. The conference, hosted by Free Press, focused on media, technology and democracy and highlighted a number of media policy, media justice and independent media champions.

Media Minutes: April 1, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:12:36 -0400

The lack of breadth and depth in news reporting leaves Americans with an incomplete view of Africa that trickles into policies made in Washington. And the FCC fined two TV stations for airing fake news segments.