[Web] Invitation to Media Fair June 4 at Hamline

[John Slade]

*Media Makers: Citizen's Media Fair - You Are Invited!*

This is both an invitation and notice of the upcoming Citizen's Media 
Fair to be held June 4^ from 1 to 5 PM at Hamline University's Klas 
Center. This is the latest in the series of media fairs that have been 
held in the Twin Cities in the last few years, and promises to be the 
biggest and best!

Buoyed by the success of the FCC meeting held last year at Hamline, the 
media reform movement has been picking up steam. More and more people 
are questioning what they read or see or hear on more 'mainstream' 
outlets, and they are looking for options. We will also be producing a 
media guide: you can be included in this guide at no cost.

*Who:* Your media group.

*What:* Opportunity to meet and network with other media groups and 
people concerned with quality media..

*Where:* Hamline University's Klas Center (Taylor and Snelling, St. Paul)

*When:* Saturday June 4.^ Program begins at 1, doors at 12:30, table 
setup at noon. Event ends at 5 PM.

*Why:* To spread the word about you and what you do.

*Event outline:*

1 PM Keynote speaker Wendy Wilde of Air American Minnesota 950 AM

1:30 - 3:00 PM Panel discussions

3:00 - 5:00 PM Workshops and movies

(Note - the keynote, the panels, and the movies will be in the same room 
as the tables)

*Table Fees:*

Ad-supported media outlets: $20.00

All others: $10.00

*Contact:*

Table reservations: John Slade (jslade at labornet.org) 651-772-0745

Media questions: Richard Broderick (richb at lakecast.com)  651-699-0890

*Media Guide:*

Please include your group's name, address (web and street), contact 
information, and a 50 word description of who you are and what you do.

Send this information to John Slade (jslade at labornet.org) 651-772-0745 
before June 1 to be included in the guide.

The Citizen Media Fair is hosted by the Hamline University Department of 
Political Science, and sponsored by the Twin Cities Media Alliance 
(www.tcmediaalliance.org), Free Media Greens (www.mngreens.org), 
Minnesota Media Reform, and the Counter Propaganda Coalition 
(www.counterprop.org). 

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*The official press release (please let people know about the event)*

*For Immediate Release*

*Contact: Twin Cities Media Alliance: Richard Broderick, richb at lakecast.com*

*651-699-0890*

*Citizen Media Fair To Explore People Power and the Media*

Concerned about the news media? You are not alone. Americans all across 
the political spectrum are increasingly dissatisfied with - and 
distrustful of - the performance of local and national news sources. A 
Citizen Media Fair to be held June 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Hamline 
University's Klas Center will bring together journalists, media 
activists and concerned citizens to talk about what citizens can do to 
increase media accountability, quality and diversity. The fast-paced 
program will feature panel discussions, hands-on workshops, screenings 
of documentaries on the news media, and a keynote address by Air America 
Minnesota talk show host Wendy Wilde. The Klas Center is located on the 
Hamline University campus at Taylor Ave. near Snelling.

In our first panel, Star Tribune Reader Representative Kate Parry, Gary 
Gilson, executive director of the Minnesota News Council, conservative 
blogger Scott Johnson of PowerLineBlog.com, and Rob Levine of Cursor.org 
project will offer constructive suggestions about what citizens can do 
to hold the media accountable.

"Don't hate the media - become the media" is the theme of the second 
panel, which will give people concrete ways to stop being passive 
consumers and become active media producers. Panelists will include Pam 
Colby of the Minneapolis Telecommunications Network, Janis Lane-Ewart, 
executive director of KFAI Community Radio; public affairs programming 
producer John Slade of the Counter Propaganda Coalition. and Twin Cities 
IndyMedia; and documentary producer (Blogumentary) and blogger Chuck Olsen.

 

Following the panel discussions, participants can attend one of six 
different workshops held at the nearby Learning Center, or stay at the 
Klas Center for screenings of media documentaries such as "Outfoxed: 
Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism," and Danny Schechter's "Weapons of 
Mass Deception." Running concurrently from 3 to 4 p.m., will be 
workshops on "How to Be a Glocal Journalist," "Children, Families and 
the Media," and "Taking Action on Media Reform (Locally and 
Nationally.)" And from 4 to 5 p.m.: "Getting on TV with Community Access 
Cable"; "The Internet Media Revolution: Blogs, Email, Indymedia;" and 
"Corporate Media: How and Why They Fail Us."

 

The Citizen Media Fair is hosted by the Hamline University Department of 
Political Science, and sponsored by the Twin Cities Media Alliance 
(www.tcmediaalliance.org), Free Media Greens (www.mngreens.org), 
Minnesota Media Reform (www.MinnesotaMediaReform.org), and the Counter 
Propaganda Coalition (www.counterprop.org).

-- 
 

Fascism is: A fuzzy totalitarianism characterized by selective populism, contempt for the weak, fear of difference, obsession with plots, and a cult of tradition.

        Umberto Eco 

Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a 
merger of state and corporate power.

        Benito Mussolini

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