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SXSW Interactive 2012

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:23:00 -0500

Start: 03/09/2012 - 00:00

End: 03/13/2012 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The 19th annual SXSW Interactive Festival will take place March 9–13 in Austin, Texas.

Integrated Media Association 2012

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:20:46 -0500

Start: 03/07/2012 - 00:00

End: 03/08/2012 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Rise to the challenge!

Pursuing progress requires each of us to take ownership for innovation!

News for All the People Book Tour Launch

Mary Alice Crim — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:29:28 -0400

Here at Free Press we're celebrating the release of our colleague Joseph Torres' new book, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. This October the authors are taking their book on the road on a national tour that includes stops in New York, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Washington, D.C.

News for All the People Book Tour: Houston Event

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:28:50 -0400

Start: 10/26/2011 - 17:30

End: 10/26/2011 - 20:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Authors Juan González and Joseph Torres will discuss News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.

News for the People Book Tour: San Antonio Event

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:34:35 -0400

Start: 10/26/2011 - 10:30

End: 10/26/2011 - 12:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Authors Juan González and Joseph Torres will discuss News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.

Houston Grandmother Becomes Host of First 'Super WiFi' Hotspot

Stevie Converse — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:03:57 -0400

Full article: Engadget
Christopher Trout
A Houston woman became the host of the first "super WiFi" hotspot -- the new network takes advantage of unused UHF TV channels to bring Internet service to underserved communities. The FCC approved use of white space for the new super WiFi in September of last year.

Media Minutes: April 8, 2011

Stevie Converse — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:23:03 -0400

Google’s announcement that Kansas City, Kansas, is the winner of its year-long search for a city worthy of a 1GB fiber network left hundreds of other cities disappointed. And some of the losers may have their state’s anti-municipal broadband laws to blame for their loss. And the problems with American media are no laughing matter. Yet somehow, comedians are making it funny.

Media Minutes: October 15, 2010

Stevie Converse — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:51:25 -0400

The Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, in partnership with Michigan State University, has been awarded $2 million in federal stimulus funds to help create a media-based economy in the city. And a team of professors at Rice University is pioneering a project to use “white spaces” to bring high-speed Internet to their community.

Media Minutes (2010-10-15)

Stevie Converse — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:46:07 -0400

The Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, in partnership with Michigan State University, has been awared $2 million in federal stimulus funds to help create a media-based economy in the city. And a team of professors at Rice University is pioneering a project to use “white spaces” to bring high-speed Internet to their community.

ARRA Broadband Grant and Loan Application Workshop - San Antonio

Stevie Converse — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:45:57 -0500

Start: 02/01/2010 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced its second series of public workshops connected to the application process for the second round of broadband grants and loans under the Recovery Act.