Media Reform Organization Directory

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These are local, regional and national groups working on media policy reform. We're all in this together, so support their good work.

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  • Manager of public access television and community media for the city and county of San Francisco. Co-convener of San Francisco Media Advocates, a local coalition of nonprofits that works on cable franchise issues, public interest telecommunications policy and community broadband and wireless initiatives.

  • AME promotes and supports media education in homes and schools as well as in community groups serving youth.

  • ACME, free of corporate media funding, is a strategic network linking media educators, health advocates, media reformers, independent media makers, community organizers and others.

  • ACMEBoston is a grassroots coalition of media educators, students, independent media makers, media and telecom policy reform advocates and concerned citizens working to Create, Educate, and Mobilize for media and social change.

  • The Vermont Media Action Coalition is a resource for Vermonters interested in media literacy information and curricula.

  • A nonprofit membership organization founded in 1976, the Alliance represents over 1,000 Public, Educational and Governmental access organizations and community media centers throughout the country. The Alliance is committed to assuring access to electronic media, through public education, a progressive legislative and regulatory agenda, coalition building, and grassroots organizing.

  • The AFTRA is a national labor union that represents members in four major areas: 1) news and broadcasting; 2) entertainment programming; 3) the recording business; and, 4) commercials and non-broad

  • Find out why maverick, independent grassroots media voices such as American Free Press have declared all-out war on the elite-controlled Big Media Monopoly in America and around the globe. American Free Press exists to counter that ever-tightening Media Monopoly both here in the United States and around the globe.

  • AWRT's mission is to advance the impact of women in the electronic media and allied fields by educating, advocating and acting as a resource to its members and the industry. 

  • The Asian American Journalists Association has a threefold mission to: 1) encourage Asian Americans to enter the ranks of journalism; 2) work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans;

  • The Association for Progressive Communications is an international network of civil society organizations dedicated to empowering and supporting those working for peace, human rights, development and

  • The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is a diverse group of 130 alt-weekly news organizations that cover every major metropolitan area in North America. Members of AAN reach a print and online audience of more than 25 million young, educated, active and influential adults in the U.S. and Canada. There are a wide range of publications in AAN.

  • The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers is a membership organization serving local and international video and filmmakers — from documentarians and experimental artists to makers of narrative features.

  • Austin Media Revolution (AMR) is a nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas. AMR seeks to help independent community media, media literacy groups and media access groups to network and collaborate with one another in order to create more awareness and support for their programs.

  • Baltimore Grassroots Media is a local organization dedicated to strengthening public access television in Baltimore.

  • The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.

  • Big Noise Tactical is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer collective of media-makers around the world, dedicated to circulating beautiful, passionate, revolutionary images.

  • Bloomington Media Arts Group (BMAG) is a campus/community organization utilizing the media arts as tools for local activism, civic engagement, and community development.

  • The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University of Law unites thinkers and advocates to develop and implement an innovative, nonpartisan agenda of scholarship, public education, and legal action

  • The CCFC (formerly Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children) is a national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned parents who strive to counter the harmful ef

  • The Legal Center's Media Policy Program merged with the Alliance for Better Campaigns.

  • Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV) gives every Chicagoan a voice on cable television by providing video training, equipment, facilities and channel time for Chicago residents and nonprofit gro

  • The Center for Communications and Community is a journalism, research, and training institution working to fill the void that exists between grassroots practitioners, the non-profit sector, media rese

  • The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.

  • The Center for Democratic Communications is an organization devoted to protecting the right of all people to a communication system based upon the principles of democracy and self-determination.

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