Media Reform Events
Information about upcoming, current, and ongoing media reform events, including conferences, rallies, hearings, forums, workshops, lectures, discussions and opportunities for action. Is a media reform event coming up in your community? Find out below.
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New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit
Nov 9
Kaiser Family Foundation Public Affairs Center 1330 G Street NW, Washington, D.C.A daylong gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators. Topics to be covered include training citizen journalists, launching niche sites, sustaining operations and the release of a new J-Lab report on what women news consumers and creators want from their news media.
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Journalism & The New Media Ecology: Who Will Pay The Messengers?
Nov 13 - Nov 14
Law School, New Haven, CTA search is underway for new ways to support the work of the Fourth Estate. Yale Law School’s Knight Law and Media Program and Information Society Project are inviting scholars, media leaders, journalists, faculty, students and interested citizens to share their insights and creative ideas during a two-day conference at the Law School, November 13-14, 2009.
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Netroots Minnesota Convention
Nov 20 - Nov 21
St. Paul Hilton Garden Inn, 411 Minnesota St., St. Paul, MNProgressives from all over Minnesota will gather in St. Paul on November 20-21 for the first ever Netroots Minnesota conference. This conference will be modeled after the Netroots Nation conference (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention). The netroots played a critical role in helping shape a national progressive agenda over the last several years.
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Can News Media Survive the Internet Age? Competition, Consumer Protection, and First Amendment Perspectives
Dec 1 - Dec 2
Washington, DCThe Federal Trade Commission announced it will hold a series of workshops titled "Can News Media Survive the Internet Age? Competition, Consumer Protection, and First Amendment Perspectives."
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True Spin Conference
Jan 20 - Jan 21
Denver, COA National Conference on Communications for Progressives True Spin Conference, Jan. 21 and 22, 2010, Denver, CO. Join some of America’s best progressive PR practitioners for two days of panels, workshops, networking, and fun. This conference brings together flacks from progressive advocacy groups around the country to exchange ideas and learn new and creative PR tactics. It’s the only national conference of its kind.
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Making Media Public Conference
May 5 - May 7
York and Ryerson Universities, Toronto, OntarioThis conference, which is being held in Toronto at York and Ryerson Universities from 6-8 May 2010, will bring together a range of media publics, including local media producers, media and academic workers, students, policy makers, researchers, journalists, media activists and public organizations, to address the following question: If the old models aren’t working, what are the possibilities for reorganizing media production in Canada?
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NYC Grassroots Media Conference
May 29
New York City, NYMore Information Coming!!! Go to the website to find out about planning and volunteer opportunities. Planning has already begun.
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The Tenth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters
Nov 7 - Nov 12
La Plata, Argentina, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaThe International Board of Directors of AMARC is pleased to announce that the tenth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters will be held from 8 to 13 November 2010 in Ciudad de la Plata, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Community Radios have come together in AMARC Argentina to host the first Global conference of community broadcasters to be held in South America, where community radios were born 60 years ago. Furthermore, Argentina and the Latin America & Caribbean region is going through dynamic social changes and has a rich in experiences to share with the world movement of community radios.
