[imc-st.louis] Fwd: FCC Commissioners hope to Hold Town Meeting in Missouri

[Lisa Brooten]

Hi everyone,

Here's an e-mail that was forwarded to me.  Since I am not in St Louis, 
it will be difficult for me to organize this, although I'm happy to 
help in whatever way I can...  it is a very important issue.  Is this 
something you could help with and would be interested in working on?  I 
can also try to contact some academics in St Louis who could also help.

What do you think?

Lisa

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jyotsna Kapur <jkapur at siu.edu>
> Date: July 8, 2004 2:40:26 PM CDT
> To: Lisa Brooten <lbrooten at siu.edu>
> Cc: jill at freepress.net
> Subject: Fwd: Re: FCC Commissioners hope to Hold Town Meeting in 
> Missouri
>
> Dear Jill,
> Thanks for your mail.  Your work is really significant at this 
> moment.  I am, however, unable to help with organizing a meeting in 
> St. Louis but am forwarding your mail to my colleague Lisa Brooten who 
> has been working with the IMC and other activists in St. Louis.  She 
> might be able to put you in touch with the right people.
> Best,
> Jyotsna
>
>
> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:35:46 -0500
> To: "Jill Fitzsimmons" <jill at freepress.net>
> From: Jyotsna Kapur <jkapur at siu.edu>
> Subject: Re: FCC Commissioners hope to Hold Town Meeting in Missouri
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> X-Attachments:
>
> 8 July 2004
>  
> Jyotsna Kapur
> Southern Illinois University
>  
> Dear Jyotsna,
>  
> Robert McChesney recommended I write to you - my name is Jill 
> Fitzsimmons. I work with Bob as Field Organizer at Free Press 
> (www.freepress.net).
>  
> The recent federal appeals court decision in Philadelphia overturning 
> the FCC's dramatic loosening of media ownership rules has handed the 
> public the first of what could be a series of historic victories. The 
> court's ruling sends the FCC's controversial rules - which relaxed the 
> limits on newspaper, TV, and radio ownership - back to the drawing 
> board.  The ruling has encouraged FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and 
> Jonathan Adelstein to hold several community meetings to give the 
> public a chance to tell the FCC what citizens expect to from their 
> media.
>  
> We need your help: the Commissioners need an official invitation from 
> a neutral venue - a college, university, town hall, community center, 
> etc, as well as a core group of people who are able to plan and carry 
> out the meeting.  We are hoping that you might be interested in 
> helping to bring one or both of the Commissioners to the St. Louis.  
> Free Press has already conducted two similar meetings, and would be 
> able to provide materials and some assistance in planning this 
> meeting.  The Commissioners hope to visit St. Louis sometime in the 
> late summer or early fall, prior to the November 2nd elections.
>  
> The Commissioners' offices are hoping for these meetings to serve two 
> purposes:
> 1)    to gather informed suggestions on how the public interest can be 
> better served by local media.
> 2)    to serve as an educational tool for the Carbondale community.
>  
> The timing of these new hearings is vital. Next year, Congress is set 
> to consider landmark legislation that will reshape our media landscape 
> for years to come. The Commissioners want citizens to know that the 
> airwaves DO ultimately belong to the public and that there are things 
> they can do to improve their media. Additionally, they want the public 
> to know that there are important issues they should begin thinking 
> about now. There has never been a more important time for citizens to 
> voice their vision for how their own media should look. The 
> Commissioners are interested in hearing it firsthand.
>  
> These meetings present an opportunity for citizens to get media issues 
> on the table in every state across the United States. It's an 
> opportunity to show the public that they not only CAN understand media 
> policy - they NEED to. 
>  
> Please let me know if you are able to help plan a meeting St. Louis, 
> and thank you very much for any help or input you could provide.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
>  
> Jill Fitzsimmons
> Field Organizer
> Free Press
> 413.585.1533, ext. 34
>  
>
> -- 
> Jyotsna Kapur
> Assistant Professor
> Cinema and Photography
> Southern Illinois University
> Carbondale, IL 62901-6610
> ph (off):  618.453-1470
> home: 618.687.2323
>
Lisa Brooten, PhD
College of Mass Communication and Media Arts
Department of Radio-TV
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Mailcode 6609
Carbondale, IL  62901-6609
USA

Phone: 618-453-5896
Fax: 	618-453-6982
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