Free Press: conference

New America Media Expo & Awards

Tue, 26 May 2009 10:21:45 -0700

Start: 06/04/2009 - 16:15

End: 06/05/2009 - 16:15

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Join New America Media and the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication for the largest convening of ethnic media in the United States.

The 19th Annual Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:14:02 -0700

Start: 06/01/2009 - 01:07

End: 06/04/2009 - 01:07

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

We’re expecting the usual mix of brilliant and forward-looking activists, technologists, academics, and government experts. The United States is just several months into a new administration, and Washington, DC, is undergoing rapid change. As the technology revolution rolls on, we are confronting new issues that, as usual, CFP attendees will perceive before anyone else.

OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:20:10 -0700

Start: 04/18/2009 - 10:00

End: 04/18/2009 - 18:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

On Saturday, April 18, 2009 a FREE event at UW Madison's Grainger Hall, OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event is a unique opportunity that gathers people interested in using 'openness' and provides the ability to network, discussion, teach, and learn on how to create, improve, and make more accessible— art, education, software, government, media, neighborhoods, workplaces— the very society we live in.

F2C Conference: The Emerging Internet Economy

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:31:59 -0800

Start: 03/30/2009 - 00:00

End: 03/31/2009 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

All eyes are on the economy. The Obama Administration has declared the Internet a keystone. F2C 2009 presents the people of the Internet who enable economic growth, strengthen democracy, facilitate creativity and innovation, make the Earth greener, and lower the barriers that divide people.

Community Media Summit

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:14:48 -0800

Start: 03/27/2009 - 14:09

End: 03/28/2009 - 14:09

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

This summit will begin a conversation about how community media will thrive and continue to be a rich source of news, ideas, and inspiration. Details will be here.

Intercollegiate Broadcasting System National College Radio Conference

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:51:55 -0800

Start: 03/06/2009 - 04:06

End: 03/08/2009 - 04:06

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The IBS National College Radio Broadcasting and Webcasting Conference brings together students and representatives from college and high school radio stations across the country with over 200 speakers from the radio, broadcasting and music industries, as well as special guest appearances from musicians and well-known media personalities.

Adapting Journalism to the New News Ecology

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:35:03 -0800

Start: 03/01/2009 - 00:00

End: 03/04/2009 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Some 15,000 U.S. journalists have left theire jobs in the last couple of years. The New News Ecology means new jobs, new tools, new relationships, new businesses.

Local Media for Social Change: A Southern California Regional Summit

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:54:47 -0800

Start: 03/21/2009 - 21:52

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

If you are concerned that our democracy and your community are being underserved by the state of today's media, then you should join us for this informative half-day summit.

The Digital Broadband Migration: Imagining the Internet's Future

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:51:08 -0800

Start: 02/08/2009 - 21:47

End: 02/09/2009 - 21:47

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

This conference will imagine the Internet's future, discuss its economic and social implications, and contrast different prescriptions for Internet policy.

Campus Progress Regional Conference

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:44:31 -0800

Start: 02/06/2009 - 21:44

End: 02/08/2009 - 21:44

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

This event will bring together students and young people, including campus organizers, bloggers and journalists from all over the South, for three days of networking, training, and skills-building. There will be both a journalism track and an activism track at the regional conference.