Media Reform Events

Digital Civil Rights Roundtable on SOPA/PIPA

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:17:53 -0500

Start: 02/23/2012 - 12:00

End: 02/23/2012 - 13:30

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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.

L.A. Media Reform Summit 2012

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:17:48 -0500

Start: 03/03/2012 - 00:00

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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.

RootsCamp 2012

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:15:20 -0500

Start: 02/18/2012 - 00:00

End: 02/19/2012 - 00:00

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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.

NarrativeArc: Storytelling Journalism Goes Digital

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:41 -0500

Start: 02/23/2012 - 00:00

End: 02/25/2012 - 00:00

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The NarrativeArc Conference celebrates and explores narrative journalism, a powerful, unfettered, public but individually voiced genre, as it expands into many digital media.

2012 Public Media Summit

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:36 -0500

Start: 02/26/2012 - 00:00

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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.

Digital Media and Learning Conference

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:10:47 -0500

Start: 03/01/2012 - 00:00

End: 03/03/2012 - 12:10

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The 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.

Integrated Media Association 2012

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:20:46 -0500

Start: 03/07/2012 - 00:00

End: 03/08/2012 - 00:00

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Rise to the challenge!

Pursuing progress requires each of us to take ownership for innovation!

SXSW Interactive 2012

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:23:00 -0500

Start: 03/09/2012 - 00:00

End: 03/13/2012 - 00:00

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The 19th annual SXSW Interactive Festival will take place March 9–13 in Austin, Texas.

Northeast Media Literacy Conference

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:19:49 -0500

Start: 03/16/2012 - 00:00

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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.

True Colors: Celebrating our Allies

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:04:22 -0500

Start: 03/16/2012 - 00:00

End: 03/17/2012 - 00:00

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Not a single struggle for human rights has been successful without the strong support and engagement of allies. Maybe you are a lesbian advocating for the rights of gender non-conforming children. Or a straight ally who believes that every kid has a right to a safe and equitable education. Perhaps you are a white anti-racist. Or a gay man who works for bisexual inclusion.