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Book Reviews: Rebuilding Media

[Source: CampusProgress.org, by Michael Corcoran; March 9, 2010]

Don't Mistake Her Kindness For Weakness: Interview with New FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn

[Source: Broadcast & Cable, by B&C Washington Editor John Eggerton; March 1, 2010] FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn favors a smile and an open mind - except when it comes to people taking ...

NYT Editorial: Concerns About Comcast-NBC Merger

[Source: The New York Times; December 6, 2009 ]With technology changing Americans’ media experience at breakneck speed, it might seem quaint to worry about the merger of an old-style cable company ...
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Yes, Journalists Deserve Subsidies Too: In Defense of Journalism Policy

[Source: The Washington Post, by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols; Friday, October 30, 2009]

New Policies to Save the News: 5 Promising Models

On May 12th, the non-partisan media advocacy organization Free Press released Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy. This new report features an in-depth analysis of ideas ...

Federal Trade Commission Looking Into Range of Fixes for News Industry

[Source: Broadcasting & Cable, by John Eggerton - May 20, 2009]The Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the future of news on TV and radio as well as newspapers.

Hate Speech, Media Activism and The First Amendment

[Source: Extra! Magazine, by Candice O'Grady - May 2009]Extra! Magazine is a monthly publication by Fairness in Accuracy and Reporting (FAIR).

Anatomy of a Failed Media Grant - Carnegie Corporation

This is an analysis of media grantmaking to support nonprofit issues.  It is also the story of a first-time grantmaker who can say, in the end, that the grantee did what it was supposed to do ...

Why Grantmaking on Media Policy Matters

By Becky Lentz, Assistant Professor, McGill University

Ground-breaking Study Released on Hate Speech in Talk Radio, FCC Action Urged

The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), one of the foremost Latino media advocacy and civil rights organizations in the United States, has released a new ...