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Media Minutes: April 30, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:19:10 -0400

More than 500 arts advocates took to Capitol Hill for the 23rd Arts Advocacy Day to focus on more funding, arts education and Net Neutrality. And a new report shows that commercial media investment beats philanthropy by a factor of as much as 400-to-1.

Artists and Community Media Centers: Skin in the Game

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:52:55 -0400

Public access television stations across the country are transforming into media and technology centers. In Minnesota, the nonprofit St. Paul Neighborhood Network started 25 years ago as part of the public access TV movement.

Mike Wassenaar on Media Centers and Media Arts

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:48:56 -0400

Mike Wassenaar is the Executive Director of the St. Paul Neighborhood Network. This audio clip is a Media Minutes Extra from his interview for the Sept. 18, 2009 program.

Mike Wassenaar on Media Arts and Media Policy

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:38 -0400

Mike Wassenaar is the Executive Director of the St. Paul Neighborhood Network. This audio clip is a Media Minutes Extra from his interview for the Sept. 18, 2009 program.

Want to Change the Media? Be a Lobbyist

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:11:42 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Craig Aaron
Decisions being made now and in the next few years are going to shape the future of all media for a generation. They will decide if the Internet will remain open; if everyone will share in the benefits of broadband; if we're going to have a world-class public media system; and if we'll have any public service journalism. What we need is real change. And if we want real change, all of us are going to have to become lobbyists.

Real Change, Not Spare Change

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:22:41 -0400

Full article: NewPublicMedia.org
Craig Aaron
We spend just $1.37 per person for public media in the United States. Compare that to Canada, which spends $22 per capita, and England, which spends $80. We can't settle for spare change any longer. What we need now is real change, not more spare change. And we're going to have to stand up and fight for it.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture 2009 Conference, CommonWealth

Mary Alice Crim — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:57:39 -0500

Start: 08/25/2009 - 23:00

End: 08/28/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

NAMAC’s biennial convening for media and visual arts leaders, practitioners, researchers, technologists, advocates, scholars, students, funders, and policymakers. Come to share your experiences and pool your knowledge as we convene across networks within the arts, media and culture fields, to cross-pollinate ideas and chart an innovative path forward.