media reform

Media Minutes: September 30, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:04:00 -0400

Free Press filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet rules. And Black Voices for Internet Freedom is a new coalition of local and national organizations and leaders focused on keeping the Internet open and free from discrimination.

Failure Is Totally an Option: Free Press Launches MediaFAIL Project

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:16:33 -0400

Full article: Bitch Magazine
Andi Zeisler
The point of Free Press' online tool, MediaFAIL, isn't to simply chuckle at the crappy coverage, biased reporting, and egregious sexism and racism of so much mainstream media. The aim of the project's is not just give the media a failing grade, but to help improve the media so it will pass..

How Reform Can Save the Internet: Two Must Watch Videos

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:30:32 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Timothy Karr
Two recent videos make a clear cut case for media reform in the digital age, and should be fixtures on the virtual shelf of anyone interested in the issue.

Champion of Media Reform and Democracy

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:50:48 -0500

Full article: Capital Times
John Nichols
The past decade has been a critical juncture in the growth of media activism, as the movement to free up and democratize our communications has gone from strength to strength. That growth has been made possible by the diligent engagement of some remarkable people who recognized early on that the media are not just something that happens to us.

Los Angeles Media Reform

Jordan Berg — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:37:06 -0500

The Los Angeles Media Reform Group is a volunteer-run project of California Common Cause that focuses on holding news accountable to the public interest and encouraging citizens to create their own media, and to be critical consumers of the mass media. Click here for contact information.

Glenn Beck Attacks Local Media Accountability, Diversity and Mark Lloyd

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:32:05 -0400

Full article: Prometheus Radio Project
Amber Sands
For once, media activists are not the only ones paying attention to the FCC. Led by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, right-wing media personalities have been drumming up controversy about new FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd. Their fabricated claims about Lloyd's policy positions demonstrate why media reform is such a critical fight.

Seoul Media Bills Pass After Brawl

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:19:51 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Evan Ramstad
The National Assembly passed three bills to modernize South Korea's media industry, including allowing companies to own both broadcast and print properties. The voting, which took place amid fistfights and shouting matches among lawmakers, capped months of acrimony over the measures.

Media Reform Brawl

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:28:56 -0400

Full article: Korea Times
In producing what has now become a familiar parliamentary melee once again, the governing camp in Korea has just opened the door for big businesses and newspapers to run broadcasters. The so-called media reform bills will do little to prevent Korea's largest business groups and newspapers, or their consortia, from near-monopolizing the media market -- and public opinion.

Media Minutes (2009-05-22)

Candace Clement — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:51:36 -0400

At a moment when technology and media are rapidly changing, the Free Press Summit explored the future of the Internet and the fate of journalism in the 21st century. More than 500 people packed a room on the seventh floor of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to discuss the state of journalism, public media and the Internet in America.

Finding the Power in Women's Voices

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:51:55 -0400

Full article: On the Issues
Hannah Miller
A growing group of organizations work on what is called "media democracy," that is, changing the structure and legal framework of the media so that it reflects something a smidgeon closer to the actual public -- including women. And this is one revolution that we need -- to give back to women the power of their words.