National Conference for Media Reform

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 (2011--04-8)

Stevie Converse — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:54:51 -0400

Media Minutes: March 11, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:24:29 -0500

A House subcommittee votes along party lines to give phone and cable companies unrestricted power to restrict free speech and block services like online video and audio. And the National Radio Project illuminates social justice issues and gives a voice to perspectives often excluded from mainstream news.

The Oscars, the Super Bowl and NCMR (and You)

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:47:16 -0500

Full article: Free Press
Megan Tady
Early-bird pricing for the National Conference for Media Reform is ending in just a few days. Have you registered yet? You should, because it's an amazing event, and your attendance is requested. How can we express the importance of this conference? It's a BIG deal.

NCMR: We Are Family

Stevie Converse — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:04:59 -0500

Full article: Free Press
Lauren-Glenn Davitian
The giant dose of common cause generated at each of the NCMRs gives us the fuel to return to our communities to hold our foot against the ever-threatened door of media and democracy. NCMR reminds us that democratic social change is possible if we persist together.

The Conference That Rocked My World

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:41:19 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Adam Lynn
Do yourself a favor: Plan to meet 3,000 of your new best friends on April 8-10, 2011, at the fifth National Conference for Media Reform at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.

Submit Your Ideas for Our National Conference

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:30:27 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Mary Alice Crim
Today is the deadline for suggestions for next April's National Conference for Media Reform -- one of the biggest media reform events of the year. We've received lots of great panel and workshop ideas, on topics ranging from the future of journalism to broadband access to the ways mobile phones promote democracy. But we need more.

The National Conference for Media Reform 2011

Jordan Berg — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:45:58 -0500

Start: 04/08/2011 - 00:00

End: 04/10/2011 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The National Conference for Media Reform is the largest and highest-profile gathering of media reform advocates in the nation. The conference brings together thousands of activists, media makers, educators, journalists, scholars, policymakers and engaged citizens to meet, tell their stories, share tactics, listen to great speakers and build the movement for better media in America.

50 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:20:51 -0400

Full article: Utne
Robert McChesney has written exhaustively about the need for media reform, and in 2002 he cofounded Free Press. The group, which is the largest of its kind, battles conglomeration and corporate bias. Its greatest victory to date: successfully pressuring Congress and the FCC to keep the Internet neutral.

Free Press and the National Conference for Media Reform: An Interview with Craig Aaron

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:00:36 -0400

Full article: Progressive News Radio
Free Press Policy Director Craig Aaron discusses the latest concerns of Free Press and talks about the recent National Conference for Media Reform, which took place in Minneapolis in June 2008. (Audio 27:00)