Today we're rolling out the agenda of programs and workshops [1] for the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform -- more than 60 sessions to choose from and nearly 250 presenters [2] lined up.
Among them:
- Legendary journalists and modern-day muckrakers like Bill
Moyers, Dan Rather, Amy Goodman, Maria Hinojosa and
Naomi Klein - Amazing grassroots organizers like Malkia Cyril, Hannah
Sassaman, Rosa Clemente, Wally Bowen and Malia Lazu - Civil rights leaders and social justice activists like Van
Jones, Kim Gandy, Alex Nogales and Rev. Lennox Yearwood - Internet visionaries and new media innovators like Lawrence
Lessig, Tim Wu, Arianna Huffington, and Jane Hamsher - Music, film, and independent media makers like Davey D,
Robert Greenwald, Greg Watkins and Katrina vanden Heuvel - Political leaders and policymakers including Sen. Byron
Dorgan, Rep. Mike Doyle and FCC Commissioners Michael Copps
and Jonathan Adelstein
The program is still a work in progress as confirmations roll in. But it will only get better from here. Keep checking back for frequent updates to our web site.
Now's the time to book your trip to Minneapolis! Can't wait to see you there.