Free Press: NCMR2008

Media System Failure Discussed by Senator

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:20:55 -0700

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, a Democrat who represents Ballard, recently spoke at the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis.

In Media, Too Few Control Too Much

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:59:23 -0700

While most Americans enjoy more radio, television, and Internet channels, many do not realize that behind the channel is less choice. Currently, only six corporations control most of what Americans hear, see, and read. Media consolidation threatens citizens’ ability to receive objective information. For example, independent newspapers have decreased by two-thirds in the past 30 years.

Digital Inclusion for the Community

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:10:10 -0700

Akaku’s Media Salon Guest Series about “Media Reform: Building a Grassroots Movement to Ensure ‘Digital Inclusion’ in Community Media” features Akaku President/CEO, Jay April, who will share his recent experience at the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) earlier this month and be available to answer questions from residents and independent community producers attending the Media

Mainstream Media Already Have a Platform

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:56:55 -0700

Neal Justin writing in the June 15 Star Tribune complains of the lack of inclusion of mainstream journalists in the recent National Conference of Media Reform.

Citoyen Consumer: Disengagement, Disempowerment and Corporate Media Bias

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:06:53 -0700

During the class in mass communication and journalism I teach at a local community college, my students and I do a simple listing exercise.

Citizens Mobilize for Action as Media Wars Heat Up

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:55:29 -0700

As with the first three gatherings, the fourth National Conference on Media Reform went conspicuously missing on the pages, screens, airwaves and cables of what attendees nowadays refer to as the MSM, mainstream media.

My recent search of the New York Times Web site for their coverage of the conference went unrewarded.

The Hidden Meaning Behind the Moyers Ambush

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:32:29 -0700

The other day, my friend Myles Berkowitz was talking about the Fox News attempt to ambush Bill Moyers. Actually, that's not accurate. Myles never talks, he rants. And this time, like always, he was ranting from a fascinating angle no one else was.

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps Speaks at National Conference for Media Reform

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:12:26 -0700

Thank you. And thank you Free Press for showing America what an Honest-to-God grassroots citizens’ conference looks like. You guys are democracy at its best!

Corporate Media Man Gets It Right

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

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.