In case you haven’t been reading the Be The Media! Blog, here are some some links to coverage highlights of the National Conference on Media Reform and the Be the Media! conference, that happened in Madison, WI, this past weekend (Nov 7-9).
(Of course, this is just a sampling of some interesting bits — read the blog itself for a more filling meal.)
I posted some of my own brief thoughts on Saturday’s proceedings, and will continue to report and reflect on the conferences in the coming days, both here and at
- John from DIYmedia.net gives a wrap-up of the super-grassroots audio streaming efforts, and reports on his short conversation with FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, who’s response to questions about unlicensed broadcasting was, “Go for it…. Of course it is my job to enforce the law, but I can’t personally enforce every law every day.”
- Mitchell Szczepanczyk from Chicago IMC–and also a mediageek reader whom I got to meet–put up a photo gallery.
- Abby has some interesting thoughts on the Global Movements for Media Reform session. I also attended that session and agree with her observations.
- Danielle Chynoweth, a founding member of the Urbana-Champaign IMC, has posted a transcript of her presentation during the “Organizing Indy/Alternative Media At The Local Level” session.
- Kristian provides an overview of Madison local media converage of the conference, some reflections on “New Initiatives in Media Funding,” and “Some words from Boots Riley and Billy Bragg,” who performed at Friday and Saturday nights’ concerts, kicking off the Tell Us The Truth Tour.
- Jason Haaz comments on the “Alternative Media and Media Reform” panel, also reported on by Kristian.
As I said, this isn’t all. A few of the blog participants–including me–took during many of the sessions and panels, which you can read on the blog, too.
I think the Be the Media Blog was a great idea and I have to thank Kristian for setting it up and inviting me to participate. It will serve as both a lasting archive of data on the conference that is much richer than the necessarily skimpy press reports, as well as depository for ongoing thoughts and dialogues about the conferences, their effects and futures.
It’s a great application of the weblog technology, and shows how blogs can be used to provide a forum for unfiltered, nearly instantaneous and extemporaneous, but focused information about a topic or event.
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