Month: May 2001

Tips for doing it yourself: Shooting Video The by-line of this site includes the implied promise that there’s information about ‘doing it (media) yourself.’ Yet, I recognize that the site is woefully bare of such DIY advice. So, today I’ll start trying to remedy this by pointing you to a good two part series on…

Wired News Finds the Guy Who Posted a ‘Threat’ to Cincinnati Cop Wired News tracked down the man posting to the Ohio Valley IMC and many other IMC sites as “proffr@fuckmicrosoft.com” who posted to the OVIMC a message called “Steve Roach, Dead Man Walking”–and the poster lives in rural Victoria, Australia. This message sparked the…

This just in: C-SPAN Not Carrying LPFM & Pacifica Forum This just arrived from Christopher Maxwell of Radio Free Richmond and the Virginia Center for the Public Press>: I just spoke with C-Span. The person who answered the phone said that they decided NOT to cover the LPFM and Pacifica forum!! This is very disappointing…

More on Ohio Valley IMC Subpoena: According to the new Indymedia FBI News page, Josh Robinson, the owner of the ovimc.org domain name, is ignoring a subpoena issued him to appear in front of an Cincinnati, Ohio grand jury, regarding an article posted to the Ohio Valley IMC website. Apparently the subpoena was served to…

Congressional Caucus to Address the “State of Community Radio:” Radio Free Richmond alerted me to the following forum being held by the Progressive Caucus of the House of Representatives: “On the State of Community Radio: Pacifica Radio Foundation, Free Speech And Citizen Access To The Spectrum.” The forum will be held on Tuesday, May 15,…

Indymedia Documentary on Quebec City / FTAA Protests: The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center has quickly turned out a radio documentary of their journalists’ experiences on the streets of Quebec City during the Summit of the Americas and negotiations over the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Click here to listen or download broadcast-quality files.

It’s Happened Again: Ohio Valley IMC Served Subpoena: According to the Global IMC site, “May 8, the owner of the Ohio Valley IMC domain (ovimc.org) was served with a subpoena directing him to appear before an Ohio grand jury this Friday, and to hand over server log information related to a particular article posted to…

Discussing ‘Zines and DIY Media: The Well is hosting an on-line discussion about ‘zines and DIY-publishing featuring several notable veterans of the print and on-line ‘zine community. So far participants have posted some interesting histories of ‘zine publishing and I’ve found links to some cool sites and blogs.

More Police Harrasment; Who’s the Press? Here is Urbana (IL) two students were recently arrested for “obstruction” while observing a police officer question two black men he had pulled over. You can read a summary of the story on the front page of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center site. I’m certain this is not an…

More on Seattle IMC, the FBI and the Gag Order Today Salon has an article on the Seattle IMC & FBI situation that sheds light on a few more details. One of the most interesting facts is that the FBI and Secret Service made no request to remove the two messages posted to the Montreal…