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John Downing on the Various Terms for Community Media

September 7, 2009
This interview was taped by Harold Secue and Victoria Maldonado in July, 2009, at the Our Media conference held in Medellin, Colombia. Many of the participants were asked which of the many terms (participatory media, citizens' media, social change media, etc) they preferred. John Downing is editing a book on Social Change media. Downing is the author of two volumes of Radical Media. He is a professor at the University of Southern Illinois.[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/AYGegz0A]

Montes de Maria Colectivo de Comunicacion

September 7, 2009
Chilca, one of the students of the Escuela Audiovisual Infantil frames the shot. Photo from Tomando Conciencia

Activist Groups Use "Fashion Shoot" to Open Space for Homeless Camp

August 31, 2009
9 people were arrested.

Brooklyn activist collective Not An Alternative recently teamed up with Picture The Homeless, Reclaim NYC and others to stage an intervention on the urban landscape. The collaboration involved the production and deployment of a homeless tent city in a vacant bank-owned lot in East Harlem. As a diversion, we dressed up as a film production crew shooting a music video. This was the cover story for the deployment and installation of the tent city. More than 100 homeless people and allies occupied the lot for the duration of the day.

Indigenous Radio Station in Argentina Attacked

August 10, 2009
Indigenous radio is attacked in Argentina.

Death Squad Resurgence against Radio Victoria

July 30, 2009

On July 1st, the tortured body of Marcelo Rivera, an organizer against mining in Cabañas, El Salvador, was found. He had been missing for two weeks. Now, three young radio news reporters from the local community radio station are receiving death threats for their coverage of the case.

Resources for Radio Accountability

July 29, 2009
Radio Project in Honduras

A discussion on the Our Media list has collected a useful list of resources about radio regulation and public telecommunication policy:

Our Media Meets in Colombia

July 28, 2009
organization to promote community media.

For a look at the comprehensive program of this year's conference, go to https://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0808&L=ourmedia-l

New Sampler of Waves of Change clips

July 17, 2009
Eventually there will be a 12 part video with clips from this blog.
Part 1

Dublin Community Television Celebrates One Year on the Air!

July 11, 2009
Dublin Community Television, following more than a decade in planning, lobbying and building is one year old.