media reform

Silvia Rivera Keynote Address: NCMR 2008

mthompson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:50:08 -0700

Media Minutes: December 19, 2008

candace — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:35:42 -0800

National Public Radio plans to cut 7 percent of its work force and cancel two shows that helped fill the gaps in diverse programming. And 2008 reminds us why grassroots activism is so important.

Media Minutes (2008-12-19)

candace — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:28:48 -0800

National Public Radio plans to cut 7 percent of its workforce and cancel two shows that helped fill the gaps in diverse programming. And 2008 was a year of movement building for media reform and provided a number of actions that remind us why grass roots activism is so important.

Broadcasters, Media Reformers Prep for Obama Presidency

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:07:42 -0800

50 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:20:51 -0700

Did the Debate Cover the Issues? Depends Whom You Ask.

Jen Howard — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:26:31 -0700

NEW YORK -- Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama were more frustrated than those of Sen. John McCain at the conduct of the first presidential debate in Mississippi, according to the "Citizens Media Scorecard." By wide margins, they were more dissatisfied with the narrow scope of the foreign policy questions chosen by moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS.

Taking Media Reform Beyond the Choir

Stevie Converse — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:22:51 -0700

Book Review: The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:15:20 -0700

The U.S. Media Reform Movement Going Forward

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:53:46 -0700

Common Cause Releases Media Reform Agenda for the Next Administration

Stevie Converse — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:35:09 -0700

The Low Access People

Poor News Network — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:56:06 -0700

A race and class analysis was scarce at the National Conference on Media Reform

By Tiny of PoorNewsNetwork

The Future of Policy Organizing at the Allied Media Conference

hannahjs — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:37:50 -0700

Crossposted at Open Left and Banned from the National Association of Broadcasters Since 2002.

Hey guys -- I'm Hannah Sassaman. For the past six years I've been an organizer at the Prometheus Radio Project -- working to expand community radio station availability to every city in the country. As I transition out of Prometheus (and head over to do political communications with SEIU), I'm getting some perspective on the two major worlds I've come from -- and my vision of how totally kickass policy change can happen, now and in the future.

Corporate Media Man Gets It Right

Stevie Converse — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:58:37 -0700

William T. Evjue, the founder of this newspaper, was regularly attacked by conservatives -- "Tories" was his preferred term -- for speaking truth to power. Evjue delighted in detailing the attacks in order to illustrate the thinking of those who embraced special interests over democracy.

This Way to Better Media

Stevie Converse — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:14:23 -0700

“This way to better media,” read the floor sign directing people through a skyway to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Thousands of people gathered there for the fourth National Conference for Media Reform, hosted by freepress.net. They came from all walks of life and all ages to address a central crisis in our society: our broken media system. I was one of the invited speakers.

Local Innovators Offer a Minnesota Model for Media Reform

Stevie Converse — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:46:20 -0700

“The Twin Cities have been an epicenter for media consolidation,” notes the National Conference for Media Reform program book. “Both daily newspapers have been bought, sold, and downsized by conglomerates. The alternative weekly is part of a national chain, too. And the TV and radio airwaves are dominated by some of the nation’s biggest media companies.”

Between the Right and Racial Justice: Wedging the Movement for Media Reform

Stevie Converse — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:38:09 -0700

Conservative Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has done it again.

Media Conference: Getting Hate Speech Off the Dial

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:22:18 -0700

Over the past few years, as the immigration debate has heated up, a lot of so-called “mainstream” folks have shown up on television and radio stations to espouse anti-immigration perspectives.

Media Conference: Thousand Kites Project

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:12:44 -0700

One of the best (and most overwhelming) parts of a conference like this weekend’s Free Press event is the confluence of energized people, all armed with sharp ideas, many working on innovative, exciting projects. On Saturday afternoon, one project making innovative use of radio stood out from the fray:

Signal Interference: Tuning into the definition of 'Corporate Media'

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:21:51 -0700

There was an awkward moment at the end of “Minnesota Model: Countering Corporate Media,” a panel discussion at this weekend’s National Conference on Media Reform.

Alas, I must admit that I was the one who caused it.

Moyers vs. Murdoch: Journalism vs. Megalomania

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:05:38 -0700

Rupert Murdoch's favorite megalomaniac Bill O'Reilly sent a crew to Minneapolis this weekend to stalk journalists Bill Moyers and Dan Rather. This probably doesn't surprise you. And that's exactly why Moyers and Rather were in Minneapolis.