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Actor Ed Asner weighs in on the loss of public access in television in Los Angeles in this video by the Full Disclosure Network.
| Hollywood Blames LA Officials for Loss of Public Access Television Full Disclosure Network Actor Ed Asner weighs in on the loss of public access in television in Los Angeles in this video by the Full Disclosure Network. |
 | The New ‘Professionalized’ Al Jazeera Will Not Solve Democratic Deficits in US Public Media – We Need A Revolution. by Scott Sanders, Mag-Net Blog What connects Al-Jazeera and Chicago Public Media? This essay by Chicago Media Action Co-founder Scott Sanders connects dots between the uproar after CPM cancelled the Cornel/West show, the incoming Al-Jazeera America network and what all this means about the state of US public media. |
 | Lowjack the Power A fun video about radio, where it's been and what LPFM means. |
_4.jpg) | Project Censored: The Movie Coming soon .... |
_4.jpg) | David Cay Johnston on Gigabit Nation Author and journalist David Cay Johnston on cableco monopolies and how they distort economic development on Gigabit Nation |
_6.jpg) | 38-State Street View Prying Case Settled by David Streifield, NY Times It probably looks like we're picking on Google, but after 38 states filed suit to protect user privacy after Google's Street View mapping project randomly scooped up passwords, email account info and other data, privacy advocates had reason to be concerned. |
_5.jpg) | NCMR: It's Our Time: Community Media's new Policy Agenda Starts Now Join us in Denver for the new community media policy agenda, stop the spectrum speculators, and more media change fun and activism. April 5-7. |
 | Blocking Internet for Everyone: Municipal Broadband on Democracy Now Chris Mitchell on Democracy Now: How the telcos prevent affordable and accessible internet services to preserve the oligopoly |
_4.jpg) | Homophobia Nixed By Associated Press by Chuck Colbert, Press Pass Q The A/P Stylebook has removed homophobia as an approved word for the dislike, hatred and fear of gay and lesbian sexuality. Chuck Colbert reports for Press Pass Q. |
 | Rip Those Ads Apart: "New Coke" is Much Like The Old Coke Media literacy may be the best present we can give the next generation. One of the best in the country at it is Albuquerque's Media Literacy Project. |
 | There They Go Again: FCC Revolving Door to Big Media by Craig Aaron, Huffington Post Nobody is surprised by now. But it does kind've make you wake up and take notice when FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's former Chief of Staff takes the job as counsel for Tribune Co, right after securing cross-ownership waivers from the agency. |
 | The People's Right to Know- July 17th at ILWU 34. 7:00pm Labor Video Project January 12th, 2013 Upholding the public's right to know about government policies and actions and their underlying reasons is critical to democracy. And it is strongly tied to the right of journalists to do their job without risking government reprisal (such as the U.S. Justice Department's transgression against The Associated Press) and corporate attempts (such as "ag gag" laws) to muzzle them. Sharing their experiences and perspectives on these issues will be: Larry Bush, San Francisco political ethics and open-government activist and journalist. Reese Erlich, award-winning journalist and author who chronicles the corporate media's complicity in Washington's saber-rattling. Peter Phillips, president, Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored. Tracy Rosenberg, executive director of the Media Alliance Josh Wolf, freelance videographer/journalist jailed for 226 days for refusing to comply with a federal subpoena for testimony and unedited video footage. And maybe you. Audience participation will be encouraged. |
 | Academic Free Speech Case in Washington State by David Demers, American Center for Civil Liberties An interesting academic free speech case in Washington State now in the Court of Appeals pits tenured faculty free speech rights against employer rights. Here is a detailed summary of the case and what is at stake by the journalism professor who is the main plaintiff. |
 | Organizations Urge Reintroduction of the Private Prisons Information Act by Chris Petrella and Alex Friedman, Human Rights Defense Center A joint letter signed by 33 criminal justice, civil rights and public interest organizations was submitted urging the reintroduction of the Private Prison Information Act. The Private Prison Information Act (PPIA) would require for-profit prison companies that contract with the federal government to comply with public records requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the same extent as federal agencies. |
_6.jpg) | The Quality of Massive Open Online Education: How Free is it? by Samantha Calamari, Media Alliance The manner in which we seek and receive information is transforming at a rapid rate. So fast, in fact, we can't even see it change before our eyes. |
_5.jpg) | University Suspends Journalism Student For Asking Questions For A Class Assignment by Barry Petetchsky, Gawker.com A short piece from gawker.com with a headline you don't want to hear |
 | Community Journalism in Orissa State, India by Dillip Pattanaik, Orissa State Volunteers and Social Workers Assn This paper from the Orissa State Volunteers and Social Workers Association' (OSVSWA) talks about conditions in rural India and the sore need for community news coverage. |
 | Local Publicist Decries Lack of Positive African-American Coverage in Oakland Jackie Wright, formerly Public Affairs Manager for CW Bay Area and now an independent publicist, thanked Bay Area independent media after only the Oakland Tribune covered a speech by former ambassador Andrew Young in Oakland. |
 | East Bay Express Article on Berkeley Sit/Lie Ordinance Angers Low-Income Advocates by Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance A feature article in the East Bay Express alternative newsweekly on a proposed sit/lie ordinance in the City of Berkeley has aroused the ire of low-income advocates. |
 | Cell Phone Network Shut Down In Pakistan Imran Ali Teepu Newspaper On September 21st, 50 million Pakistanis had their cell phone services turned off by the Pakistani government. Here is a report from the Imran Ali Teepu newspaper in Islamabad. |