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Prison Phone Calls: Discrepancies Between State and County Correctional Facilities are Massive Sometimes reforms are incomplete. CA's 2008 legislation to eliminate expensive kickbacks on phone calls out of prisons did the trick. In state facilities. Left out were county-run jails, juvenile facilities and ICE detention centers. Can anyone say loophole? This East Bay Bang op-ed by Media Alliance asks local assemblywoman Nancy Skinner to help us fix it. If you'd like to work on the Campaign for Parity 2013, stay in touch at phonejustice.org. From Industry to Journalism: Tone It Down Google recently laid a little pressure on an Australian technology reporter after she wrote a story on security issues with the Google Play Store. Google insisted that the words "huge" and "massive" be retracted and security flaw be rephrased as security "flaw" - flaw with quotes being apparently somewhat less serious than a flaw without quotes. Upcoming Classes
This class will cover the basics of framing an issue and developing talking points, give you lots of practice in role playing friendly and not-so-friendly interview scenarios, discuss the art of the soundbite, cover the basics of public speaking, and put you through the necessary friendly fire of evaluating your own on-air performance. Self-Editing for Successful Freelancers - starts April 16th Ever wonder what it takes to get ahead in today's super-competitive freelance writing market? Nowadays, editors are more likely to assign top-paying stories to writers who can hand in perfect copy - polished, complete, to spec and on time. But easier said than done, even for seasoned writers. Editors don't want to clean up your style, fix typos, do all your fact-checking, or hear deadline excuses. If you do journalism for professional editors who use Associated Press style, taking this course will make you a better freelancer because you will make their lives easier. If you are an editor, PR professional or beginning journalist, you will also learn valuable tips you're not likely to pick up on the job. Discounted tution for members of the SF Public Press. Public Media on the Auction Block: KCSM Television The sale of non-commercial broadcast licenses to spectrum speculators is becoming a big problem for public media. Local station KCSM -TV may be dissolved in a spectrum sale. If you think public media should not be sold off to private interests, let local politicians know with this easy on-line emailer. Blocking Internet for Everyone: Telcos and Public Broadband on Democracy Now Long-time public broadband advocate Chris Mitchell talks to Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about how the telco's preservation of oligopoly delivers inferior Internet service to far too many Americans. Watch the video. Media Literacy: Justice Starts With A Good Deconstruction We can't speak strongly enough about the importance of media literacy education. In every school. Now. One of the best in the country at it is Albuquerque's Media Literacy project. Check out a sample here. And then think about how every school curriculum can be chock full of media analysis and investigation. National Conference on Media Reform: It's Our Time - A New Community Media Policy Agenda NCMR is the biggest media change discussion around. This year we're delighted to be co-hosting a discussion about a unified policy agenda for community media with the best brain trust around. If you're going to be in Denver, please come. If not, stay tuned for the video archive after the conference. Join us - Become a Media Alliance Member We're not threatening you. We'll keep sending the newsletter whether you become a member or not, because we want information out there and to keep showing up when fair communications are threatened every time. But our ability to do it depends on you. I know times are tough, but please consider joining up if you're one of our silent readers. Standard membership is $50, low-income is $35 and 52 weeks of the Jobfile Bulletin is $95. WBAI-FM: The Plight of Educational Media in the Country's Most Expensive Media Market In New York, the Empire State Building has a monopoly on the best broadcast tower and they're charging for it, with not much in the way of a nonprofit discount. Combined with Hurricane Sandy evicting the station from their studio, Pacifica Radio's NY outlet WBAI-FM is in a serious crisis. Please help them save their transmitter and stay on the air. A Moment to Say Goodbye MA wants to take a moment to acknowledge the end (or seeming-end) of Race, Poverty & The Environment, the 20-year journal of Urban Habitat chronicling social justice movements. Former Mediafile editor Jess Clarke was at the helm for the past 8 years, so we feel both personally and professionally affected. Thanks to RP&E for all their good work. They'll be missed. MA's Children: From One of Our Fiscal Sponsees filmmaker Ethan Steinman I'm embarking on production of a documentary film I'm calling Induction. The film explores the world of electromagnetism through a look at the prevalence of wireless technology in the world today. Our goal is to ultimately help the public understand, from a layman's point of view, what electromagnetic (or EM) waves are and how, or if, they are affecting us - for better or worse. While I have many experts on both sides of the fence, I'm seeking individuals who are interested in sharing their stories in the film; Both those who feel they are being harmed by these EM waves, electrosensitives, as well as those who are using them for therapeutic methods or have stories demonstrating their safety. Please email the production directly at stories@inductionfilm.com. Towards peace and justice, Tracy Media Alliance is a member of a national coalition working for a better communications system and a more just world.
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