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Revolutions: 5 Years of Media Change for Social, Racial, Gender and Economic Justice
July 12, 2008
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INVINCIBLE, SIAIRA, JAHI, ROOPA SINGH, Notorious East and West Coast DJ's SAKE1 and LAMUMBA to PERFORM AT REVOLUTIONS CMJ awards media leaders, media makers and journalists for dedicated commitment to making media that matters to low income, working and communitie...
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CMJ Director Malkia Cyril on Main Street at NCMR
June 9, 2008
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CMJ "pitches" in to statewide effort to protest proposed Ca education budget cuts
May 19, 2008
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Capitol rally promises 3,000 students Education may not have taken the biggest hit in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget, but advocates plan to continue their PR assault on the Capitol. Today, education officials have organized a noon rally on the South steps of th...
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This week's video of the week: Un poquito de tanto verdad
May 14, 2008
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Net Neutrality, Ideas and Racial Justice
April 18, 2008
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2 recent polls important for community organizers
April 10, 2008
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The importance of this poll [Poll finds economy is Bay Area's top worry; Transportation, housing round out top three concerns] can be summed up by the following excerpt: Given the mortgage crisis, the flood of foreclosures and soaring fuel prices, it is not surprisin...
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It's YouTube vs Primetime Ads in '08 San Francisco Proposition Battle
April 10, 2008
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SF, CA – The Proposition commercials seem to start earlier and earlier every election cycle. With two months before the June 3rd ballot, this year's first lob comes from Lennar Corporation – out with a commercial promoting Prop G, which would give waterfron...
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Tuesday's Media Penalties
April 1, 2008
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Karlos says: So, like, all program staff at CMJ have weekly media monitoring duties.  Some of us read the NY Times, the SF Chronicle, Google News, and thousands of blogs (RSS Feeds, Nexis Lexis, et al), while others watch local TV news, network cable and listen to the ...
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Props (kinda) to the Chronicle
January 15, 2008
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The following post is a Letter to the Editor submitted yesterday to the Chronicle.  It is as yet still unpublished, so I thought I'd share it here.   Follow the link to see the published letter! Editor, Props to the Chronicle for today's article on African America...
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Content Analysis 2.0, participatory research in a new era in media and storytelling
October 30, 2007
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YMC looks at Displacing the Dream as an opportunity to build relationships and engage journalists and community organizers in a constructive dialogue to improve coverage and expose conditions in communities dealing with the regional housing and development crisis.   W...
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Juarez Crime Reporter Murdered, Attacks against Press Intensify
November 14, 2008
Frontera Norte Sur

Local Community Radio Act will increase voices, choices
September 25, 2008
Jonathan Lawson, Reclaim the Media

Local Community Radio Act will increase voices, choices
September 25, 2008
Jonathan Lawson, Reclaim the Media

FCC Ruling Strip-Mines the Requirements of Data Collection on AT&T, Verizon and Qwest.
September 10, 2008
Bruce Kushnick

Invasion of the Policy Pushers: Interest Groups Spin Ballot Process
September 9, 2008
Matthew Hirsch

St. Paul in Hot Seat over Journalist Arrests
September 5, 2008
Timothy Karr

Delivery of 50,000 Signatures Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists
September 4, 2008
Nancy Doyle Brown, Twin Cities Media Alliance

CA Groups Say Freedom of the Press Should Mean "Free the Press" at RNC
September 3, 2008
Lori Abbott/Craig Eicher

Amy Goodman Arrested
September 2, 2008
Josh Silver

Radio host drops lawsuit
August 15, 2008
Bob Egelko