On a special segment aired August 24, 2007, low-powered FM radio (LPFM) activist Hannah Sassaman of the Prometheus Radio Project, journalist Rick Karr and Bill Moyers discuss the current battle to protect and bolster low-power FM radio, as well as look at how low-power radio helped to save lives after Hurricane Katrina. To watch the video segment click here.

The Council on Foundations and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) are seeking submissions of films and videos for the Council on Foundations' 42nd Annual Film & Video Festival to be held May 4-6 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Download a PDF version of this notice through the link provided at the bottom of this page.)


Deadline: June 27, 2008. 

Audio podcasts and power points from the 2008 Making Your Media Matter conference (Feb 7-8, 2008) are now available for download on the Center for Social Media's website at centerforsocialmedia.org. Content includes:

Intellectual property rights issues have been finding their way into the campaign platforms of candidates vying to become the next president of the United States. Intellectual Property Watch has compiled the policy positions of the candidates so far.

Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2008.
338pp; Cloth 0-7391-1866-8 / 978-0-7391-1866-5

[Source: http://fexmjf.mayfirst.org/] During the past few years, many social, cultural, media and community-based organizations have become more committed to the concept of just and fair media and telecommunications. The heightened awareness of how media affects our daily lives has propelled us to fight for better systems.

This search directory is designed to assist users in seeing the landscape of the entire media justice community and building solidarity within the community to strengthen the media justice movement.

[Source: Media Diversity listserve]
Since the early days of Hollywood film, portrayals of interracial romance and of individuals of mixed racial and ethnic heritage have served to highlight and challenge fault lines within Hollywood and the nation's racial categories and borders.

The Center for International Media Action (CIMA) has aggregated web-based resources about the DTV transition in February 2009 – the date by which the US government requires all TV broadcasters to start digital broadcasting. That means anyone who gets TV through an antenna will have to get a new TV or a "converter" before their TV goes black.