National Conference for Media Reform

Save the Date for NCMR 2013!

Mary Alice Crim — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:06:56 -0500

Internet censorship. Massive media mergers. Attacks on public and independent media. Not to mention all that slanted, horse race-style election coverage that does nothing to inform or inspire.

Four New Videos from NCMR '11

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:56:37 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Megan Tady
Worried you missed something during the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston in early April? Take a sigh of relief -- we've captured it all in either audio or video form, or both, and we've been working hard to get you footage of the amazing sessions that took place over the weekend. Here are four videos worth watching.

Four New Videos from NCMR '11

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:43:44 -0400

Worried you missed something during the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston in early April? Take a sigh of relief: We’ve captured it all in either audio or video form, or both, and we’ve been working hard to get you footage of the amazing sessions that took place over the weekend.

Here are four videos worth watching:

Media Activists Aim to Take over the Future of News

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:47:48 -0400

Full article: Boston Phoenix
Sean Kerrigan
Imagine you're in charge of getting people excited about media reform -- promoting things like local ownership of press outlets, a free and open Internet, and vibrant public journalism that operates outside of party politics. Besides the considerable outreach, education, and advocacy work in store, you've got to deal with the fact that many people just don't like the media. And yet it's fair to argue that American media has never needed reform more than right now.

Your Click Counts: Action After NCMR

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:27:08 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Megan Tady
More than 2,500 people showed up in Boston a few weeks ago for the National Conference for Media Reform, and many more tuned in online. Now it's time to keep showing up.

Your Click Counts: Action After NCMR

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:37:03 -0400

More than 2,500 people showed up in Boston a few weeks ago for the
National Conference for Media Reform, and many more tuned in online. Now it’s
time to keep showing up.

How Migrant Youth Resistance Manifests Itself Through Social Media

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:00:06 -0400

Full article: FireDogLake
Kyle de Beausset
"It's much more like Egypt than MoveOn", is the comparison Roberto Lovato used to describe how migrant youth use social media as we prepared for our panel in the National Conference for Media Reform here in Boston. It's an apt comparison, I believe. Unauthorized migrant youth, or Dreamers (after the DREAM Act), have had to use social media differently then most in the U.S.

Elon James White at the 2011 National Conference on Media Reform

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:06:44 -0400

Full article: WGBH-TV
Talia Whyte
I have to say that NCMR was one of the best journalism conferences I have attended in a while. It was exciting to be around others, especially people of color, who were also excited about the potential new media brings to traditional journalism.

Remarks of Free Press Incoming President Craig Aaron As Delivered April 8, 2011 at the National Conference for Media Reform

Jenn Ettinger — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:50:53 -0400

Remarks of incoming Free Press President Craig Aaron as delivered at the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform, April 8, 2011.

Scholarship Winner Reports from National Conference for Media Reform

Stevie Converse — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:48:34 -0400

Full article: University of California, Santa Cruz
Guy Lasnier and Corinne Warnshuis
Media issues are universally human rights issues. Media issues affect everyone. When it comes to the media, everyone has something at stake, and everyone should understand its importance.