Media Reform Events
To meet up with media reformers in your area at conferences, rallies, hearings, workshops, lectures, parties and discussions check out the list below. Use the filter buttons to view events happening in your state or events with Free Press staff in attendance.
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Digital Civil Rights Roundtable on SOPA/PIPA
Feb 23Howard Law Library Fourth Floor Conference Room (405), 2929 Van Ness Street, N.W.Washington, DCChance Williams of Free Press will be speaking at this event.Join us for an afternoon luncheon as we discuss how recent anti-piracy legislation affects freedom of speech, innovation, and entrepreneurship within communities of color.
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L.A. Media Reform Summit 2012
Mar 3Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CAFree Press President and CEO Craig Aaron will give the keynote address at this event.The L.A. Media Reform Summit focuses on holding news outlets accountable to the public interest and encouraging community members to create their own media and be critical consumers of mass media.
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RootsCamp 2012
This year marks the sixth anniversary of Rootscamp "Unconference," where organizers set the agenda, share lessons learned and drive the conversation about best practices in organizing. RootsCamp is an “open space” unconference driven by the people who attend to share, debrief and celebrate the tremendous work organizers did in 2011, regardless if we won or lost.
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NarrativeArc: Storytelling Journalism Goes Digital
The NarrativeArc Conference celebrates and explores narrative journalism, a powerful, unfettered, public but individually voiced genre, as it expands into many digital media.
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2012 Public Media Summit
The Public Media Summit expands the traditional Capitol Hill Day beyond legislative advocacy to include strategic planning for the future of the public media industry.
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Digital Media and Learning Conference
Mar 1 - Mar 3Wyndham Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin St.San Francisco, CAThe Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the UC Humanities Research Institute, University of California, Irvine.
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Integrated Media Association 2012
Mar 7 - Mar 8Omni Austin Downtown Hotel, 700 San Jacinto at 8th St.Austin, TXRise to the challenge!
Pursuing progress requires each of us to take ownership for innovation!
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SXSW Interactive 2012
Mar 9 - Mar 13Austin, TXFree Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, Advocacy and Organizing Manager Candace Clement and Internet Campaign Director Josh Levy will attend and present at this event.The 19th annual SXSW Interactive Festival will take place March 9–13 in Austin, Texas.
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Northeast Media Literacy Conference
The expanding media literacy movement has helped children and youth become more media literate, with a major emphasis on skill in accessing, analyzing and evaluating the many complex messages presented through the mass media, particularly through television, advertising and the news in many forms and formats.
