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Posted by Malkia Cyril April 7th, 2010 |
In every competition, there’s a winner and a loser.
The open Internet protections being debated by the Federal Communications Commission right now will determine who wins and who loses in the fight over whether big companies or regular people will control the Internet. I want everyday people to win.
In the fight over who will control the […]
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Posted by Malkia Cyril November 16th, 2009 |
As I sit against the florescence of the television screen, watching the conservative Fox News pundit Glenn Beck drive political nails into progressive leaders using the fear of U.S. blacks and immigrants of color as his hammer, my memory harkens back to the year in which the book Push was set, 1987. During that time, […]
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Posted by Malkia Cyril June 13th, 2008 |
Co-written with Jen Soriano, Center for Media Justice. Conservative Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has done it again.
Sensationalism, exaggeration, and inaccuracy are the cornerstones of Right-wing punditry — so it wasn’t surprising when Fox’s Bill O’Reilly ripped the 2008 National Conference on Media Reform with ridiculous and unsubstantiated claims that “lunacy”, “danger” and “hatred” dominated […]
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Posted by Malkia Cyril June 10th, 2008 |
After 2 years of successful growth and strategic planning, the Youth Media Council has become the Center for Media Justice — a regionally rooted national media strategy and action center dedicated to building a powerful movement for racial justice, economic equity, and youth rights.
The Center for Media Justice conducts strategic communications and media activism to […]
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Posted by Malkia Cyril March 28th, 2007 |
Against the backdrop of the mountains of Tennessee, and sheltered from brisk cold by the large meeting rooms of a Hilton Hotel, about 75 people sought new answers to the old problem of historic disenfranchisement by U.S. media.
This diverse band of justice-seekers represented media, organizing, and cultural arts organizations from across the Southern […]
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Posted by Malkia Cyril January 31st, 2007 |
My corner of WIMN’s Voices – cross-posted with my Youth Media Council blog, “The Big Idea” – is the home for big stories, big dreams, and big frameworks about the movement for media and social justice.
Earlier this month, over 3,000 people celebrated the birthday of assassinated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King […]