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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  • About-Face promotes positive self-esteem in girls of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism.

  • 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.

  • AMLA is committed to promoting media literacy education focused on critical inquiry, learning and skill building. This national grassroots-membership organization will be a key force in bringing media literacy education to all 60 million students in the U.S., their parents, their teachers and others who care about youth.

  • 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

  • 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 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 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 Free-Net (AFN) helps community organizations launch free Internet access sites for the public.

  • 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.

  • We believe that the mass media, especially the news, have a significant influence on people's beliefs and actions regarding public health and social issues.

  • 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.

  • BlueWave's media reform group serves to educate the public about the diminishing quality of information via the media, and to work with other groups to leverage greater power in combating further medi

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dedicated to preserving in America's media the original, independent, and diverse creative voices that enrich our nation's culture and safeguard its democracy.

  • The Center for Digital Democracy is committed to preserving the openess and diversity of the Internet in the broadband era, and to realizing the full potential of digital communications through the de

  • The Center for International Media Action (CIMA), is a nonprofit organization created to strengthen connections among grassroots organizers, public-interest advocates, activists and researchers focuse

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