_4.jpg) | Civil Right's Group FCC Positions Reflect Industry Funding by Jason McClure (with John Dunbar), Center for Public Integrity June 15th, 2013 A Center for Public Integrity look at how industry funding impacts the telecom policy positions presented in DC by a prominent minority media access organization: The MMTC (Minority Media Telecommunications Council) |
 | Somas Una Americas: The SOA Protests by Somas Una Americas, SOA Watch June 15th, 2013 A short documentary film on the years of protests against military-training academy that has seeded a half a century of militaristic imperialism in Central and South America. |
 | Big Media, Big Bullying by Emily Long, The Lamp NYC May 27th, 2013 A blog on the distance between mainstream media anti-bullying campaigns and the "hatertainment" broadcast all too regularly from Emily Long at The Lamp in NYC. |
.jpg) | Shame on Verizon: 186 Days After Sandy and Nothing New Networks I'm sitting in a high ceiling parlor in an aged brownstone at the E.9th Street Block Association meeting. People are telling me, somewhat muting their anger, that some have had no phone service since Sandy, October 28th 2012 ---- over 6 months, over half a year. Some had their service restored over the last month, only being out for about 5 months. |
_1.jpg) | Sharp Critique of Wheeler Appt by Former FCC Commissioner by Paul Jay, Real News Network May 15th, 2013 A sharp critique of President Obama's appointment of former telecom lobbyist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chair by former FCC commissioner Nicholas Johnson, who served from 1966-1973 and was appointed by Lyndon Johnson. From Canada's Real News Network. |
 | KFOG radio – Then and Now by Lincoln Cushing, Kaiser Permanente Archives May 15th, 2013 Kaiser archivist Lincoln Cushing sends this story about KFOG and Kaiser: once an owner and now a sponsor. A little Bay Area radio history on the album rock station of many people's youths. |
 | Keeping It Real: An LPFM Pioneer by Bruce Rushton, Illinois Times Enjoy this fun article on a pioneer in low-power formerly "pirate" radio from the Illinois Times. |
.jpg) | 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 |
| 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. |