| KPFA Raided? by Tracy Rosenberg May 12th, 2009 In a strange turn of events, the Berkeley Daily Planet reported last week that the parent Pacifica Foundation was "raiding the bank account" of Berkeley's community radio station, KPFA. Sensational headline, but the allegations are untrue. |
| Photography & Art by Christine Joy Ferrer April 12th, 2009 Oscar Grant Memorial Arts Project |
| The Loss of Gina Hotta The Asian-American journalist, activist and executive producer of APEX Express, passed suddenly and prematurely earlier this week. It is a tremendous loss of a strong activist, a powerful broadcaster and a rich spirit. |
| Former CBS5/CW Manager in Wright vs. CBS by Jackie Wright, http://justiceforjackienow.blogspot.com/ May 25th, 2009 San Francisco- Three time AP award winning journalist Jackie Wright faces media giant CBS in a court hearing, Thursday, August 27 in Federal Court in San Francisco. CBS Television, represented by Maureen E. McClain of Littler Mendelson, is trying to dismiss the case in which Wright alleges racism that led to her layoff in January 2007. |
| Beyond The Odds by Tracy Rosenberg, www.beyondtheodds.org May 25th, 2009 Beyond The Odds pairs Youth Speaks poets with HIV+ young people to illuminate their perspectives about living with HIV. Check them out. It's a great project. |
| Radio Shack Delegation December 19, 2008 by Eloise Lee February 20th, 2009 A delegation of community groups led by Media Alliance visited an Oakland Radio Shack on Friday December 19th on behalf of the Media Action Grassroots Network (Mag-Net). |
| Nadra Foster Benefit by Tracy Rosenberg February 15th, 2009 A benefit on January 22nd, 2009 for arrested KPFA journalist Nadra Foster featured poet devorah major at the La Pena coffeehouse. |
| Audio Clips: Oakland Digital Inclusion Summit by Tracy Rosenberg February 9th, 2009 Clips of panel discussions from the Feb 2008 Oakland Digital Inclusion Summit. |
| Raising Our Voices at Journalism Innovations Learn teaching and organizing strategies for media literacy, technology and communications-training for communities that lack access to established or emerging media. |
| Be The Media by Tracy Rosenberg February 25th, 2009 Robert McChesney: "If BE THE MEDIA didn't exist, like Voltaire's God, it would have to be invented". |
| SoCal Media Justice Summit by Tracy Rosenberg February 5th, 2009 March 21st Media Justice Summit in Southern California. MA is co-sponsoring and ccordinating a breakout session on advocating for fairer coverage. |
| Shouting To Be Heard by Tracy Rosenberg February 2nd, 2009 New Kaiser Family Foundation Study Finds Television Stations Donate an Average of 17 Seconds an Hour to Public Service Advertising. Nearly Half (46%) of All PSAs Air After Midnight |
| Fruitvale Youth on the D-TV Transition Video testimonial from the Centro Legale created by the Raising Our Voices Training Program. |
| Yet Another Inconvenient Truth by Lucine Kasbarian, CounterCurrents This weekend is the 95th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian genocide. Lucine Kasbarian writes on media coverage of recent Turkish tantrums. |
| Sandy: The Story is Income Inequality (and Climate Change) Democracy Now A video clip from Democracy Now with David Rohde telling the story of the two New York's - and how the one never featured in the mainstream media is coping - and not coping - with the catastrophe. |
| Media Alliance on Facebook - Check us out and become a fan! by Tracy Rosenberg |
| Elite Control or Community Governance of Public Service Media: Which Will it Be? by Scott Sanders, Media-Ocracy We must first understand that the U.S. public media system has been purposefully and severely handicapped by the professional culture of journalism, and by corporate and government powers, and philanthropies, from the beginning. |
| Media Alliance Statement on SF Public Access Shutdown This is a statement expressing our concern about the planned shutdown and rearrangement of public access television services in the City and County of San Francisco. |
| An Image is Worth a Thousand Words Nobody doubts the impact of the right graphic. It can make a huge difference in a campaign or struggle. That's why we wanted to let you know about the work of veteran East Bay printmaker Doug Minkler. |
| Media News - November 19, 2009 Guest: Regina Costa, TURN Host: Tracy Rosenberg Subject: Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet |