[imc-scotland-discussion] re Radio Co-operative
Mike
mike77 at macunlimited.net
Fri Apr 15 01:04:56 PDT 2005
i agree with mike s, this is an excellent thing for indy scotland to back/
put our name to
mike, edinburgh
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><P>My view would be that this is puritanism over practicality, the good
>thing about your project is that its reaching out to local communities of
>ordinary people and we need to go beyond the activist circles that
>dominate indymedia. </P>
><P>It's ironic that we use this notion of 'openess' in this context. I for
>one would be very disappointed if the Radio project didnt go under the
>Indymedia title.</P>
><P>Mike, Glasgow<BR></P></DIV>INDYMEDIA SCOTLAND
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><P>>From: william Allan <w_t_allan at yahoo.com> </P>
><DIV></DIV>>To: imc-scotland-discussion at lists.indymedia.org,Tom Allen
><w_t_allan at yahoo.com>
><DIV></DIV>>Subject: [imc-scotland-discussion] Radio Co-operative
><DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 05:16:49 -0700 (PDT)
><DIV></DIV>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>There will be a meeting and class for the new radio
>co-operative in the Forest Cafe on Wednesday the 21st April at 5:30pm. The
>aim of the meeting will be to discuss potential ideas for stories, and
>discuss coverage for the G8. We have been offered some space on Leith FM
>for stories from a community perspective. The class will be an
>introduction to some of the basics of radio technique - interviewing,
>recording good quality sound, computer editing and mixing.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>If you have any recording equipment - tape or minidisk,
>microphones, headphones etc - please bring them. Laptops would also be
>useful, if they have a fair bit of room on their hard drives.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>Here is a description of the radio project's origins and aims:
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>Radio Project Synopsis
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>The inspiration for this project is the DC Radio Co-op in
>Washington DC, where both I, Ellie and Sarah were trained. The ethos and
>mission of the co-op can be summed up as following:
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>[1] To raise the voices of those marginalised or ignored in
>the media and in wider to soceity. To expressly seek out those stories
>that, for commercial, cultural or political reasons, are not being
>covered, or only being covered from a certain angle. To challenge the
>existing orthodoxies and rhetoric, and so provide the public with
>different and unusual perspectives.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>[2] To find people from those marginalised groups and give
>them the skills to be reporters themselves.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>[3] To share the skills that we learn; everyone that
>participates in the project has an obligation to give something back to
>the collective and the community. That is why we are starting the training
>project here - in order to pass the skills we had aquired on to others.
>The people we train should, in turn, teach others those skills. The
>teaching process in itself makes one think about communication, and about
>ones radio craft.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>Of course, everyone's skills and abilities are different -
>but not ones ability to make a contribution, however small.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>[4] To achieve the highest of standards in the reporting we
>do, showing that quality journalism is not about pay or proffessionalism,
>but about a commitment to the truth.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>[4] An emphasis on issues of social, environmental and
>economic justice.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>[5] A commitment to challenging prejudice, be it based on
>race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability or creed. This applies both
>to the structure and practices within the co-op, and to the attitude and
>approach to reporting.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>There has already been some controversy over the approach
>of the radio project, which should perhaps be aired. Specifically, the
>fact that the radio class starting in Dumbiedykes next week is not being
>made open to everyone. There are two reasons for this; one practical, one
>principled. The first is that we are being given usage of Dumdiedykes
>community IT centre, and cannot therefore have too many people from
>outside the local area. I thus invited representatives of different
>groups, including Indymedia. The second is that the project grew out of a
>concern to give media skills to those who at present do not have them, and
>who are thus particularly disempowered and silenced. These people are both
>harder to attract to classes and harder to train - they therefore have to
>be sought after, and space made for them.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>It has been pointed out to me that there is a clause in the
>indymedia constitution that states that classes must be open to all, and
>that therefore the radio project cannot go ahead under the Indymedia name.
>I am happy to change the title of the project if need be, but would like
>to have a discussion on this first.
><DIV></DIV>>
><DIV></DIV>>Hope to see you all on the 21st. Thanks, Tom Allan.
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