by Frank Povah, The Daily Yonder
Reprinted from The Daily Yonder: I live in the country, but not THAT much in the country. I'm 20 minutes from the state capitol of Kentucky and I can't get a decent broadband connection.
| The Broadband You Deserve by Frank Povah, The Daily Yonder Reprinted from The Daily Yonder: I live in the country, but not THAT much in the country. I'm 20 minutes from the state capitol of Kentucky and I can't get a decent broadband connection. |
 | The Meta-Report: Media Piracy by Joe Karaganis, Social Science Research Council In an uncharacteristic bit of theater, the Social Science Research Council has released a new report on Media Piracy in Emerging Economies with a Consumers Dilemma. Come from a higher-income country? No free report for you! |
 | Mapping Our Future: Drawing Lines that Matter by The Greenlining Institute, http://www.greenlining.org The Greenlining Institute presents Mapping Our Future: Drawing Lines that Matter! a 5 minute video about California Redistricting in 2011 and what is at stake for communities of color. |
 | College Radio: You Will Be Assimilated by Tracy Rosenberg, The Huffington Post Like the B-52's? Metallica? The White Stripes? You might have never heard of them if not for KUSF, the venerable San Francisco college radio station that first played their music. |
 | Mapping the Community TV Landscape by Rob McCausland, Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age The Alliance for Community Media's former director of Information and Organizing Services Rob McCausland provides these illuminating maps in a survey of the landscape of community television across the United States. |
 | KPFA News Criticized by Tracy Rosenberg, Berkeley City Council KPFA Radio, has received complaints from 3 Berkeley City Council members and 6 workers on two different incidents in a week on the daily hour-long statewide broadcast of the Pacifica Evening News. |
 | Online Learning: The Answer to the Digital Divide? by Samantha Calamari, Media Alliance The latest buzz in education is the growth of online learning communities to address educational access. Through online offerings, education can be more affordable and have the capability to reach communities that otherwise couldn’t access quality institutions. |
 | Censored 2011 The Media Freedom Foundation's 2011 Censored is out with the 25 most under-reported stories of 2010. Please support the work of Project Censored and buy a copy today! |
| Hungary's New Nationalism: Government Moves to Institute Press Controls by Abby Martin, Media Roots Naomi Wolf's book, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, argues that there are ten steps common to every state that has made the transition into fascism. |
 | Oakland Police and Cameras by Maura King Ma Volunteer Maura King thinks about police, cameras and Oakland's new law enforcement video program. |
| Be Careful What You Wish For by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post Sometimes you might get it. For most of the past year, public interest groups worried about the future of the Internet have pushed for action on net neutrality by the Federal Communications Commission. |
 | Broadband For The People: From The Net To The Roots by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post As we grow increasingly dependent on the Internet for everything from soup to nuts: |
 | The $320 Million Broadband Rip-Off by David Rosen and Bruce Kushnick, Alternet An excellent article on why Americans pay the most for the least in the developed world. |
 | Jeff Kaufman Film on Americans Detained in Iran by Tracy Rosenberg, Free The Hikers Filmmaker Jeff Kaufman made this short film on behalf of Americans Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who have been detained in Tehran's Evin Prison for 474 days. Watch the film! |
 | Yes Men Play Media Comedy With Chevron by The Yes Men, http://www.theyesmen.org A day-long comedy of errors began Monday morning when the Yes Men, supported by Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, pre-empted Chevron's enormous new “We Agree” ad campaign with a satirical version of their own. |
 | Supreme Court to Decide if AT&T is a Person by Sara Jerome, The Hill The Supreme Court added the case AT&T v. FCC to its docket on Tuesday, ushering in an argument over, basically, whether AT&T has the legal status of a person on certain issues. |
 | No More Bleeding Ledes, Please by Libby Reinish, SaveTheNews.org Sensationalism is rampant in our consolidated news system, where scandal, celebrity gossip and violence (or the threat of looming violence) lead the headlines. Ever wonder why this is all we see and read and hear? |
 | What DID They Mean by That? A Week of Truthiness and Media by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post In my job as director of Media Alliance, many things pass my desk that generate moments of disbelief, but the 1st week of August was truly remarkable. |
 | Internet must remain neutral, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee by Charles Arthur, London Guardian Access to data online must not be limited, founder of the world wide web tells Nokia World conference. |
| Reality Unreeled MA volunteer Alex Barrows was part of the Paper Tiger Television production team for this "reality" expose. |