I wish this were an April Fool’s prank (it’s ludicrous enough to be, isn’t it?), but as you read here yesterday, a Boston NBC affiliate ripped off a story from youth media producers. For a follow-up on yesterday’s guest post by Cara Lisa Powers, see today’s release from Press Pass TV.

Taking a shot at liveblogging “Women & the Economic Crisis: Getting Beyond the Corporate Media Narrative” session at WAM!2009, but will be slower on the transcription than usual, because I’m working off of four hours of sleep. Also, missed the beginning of the session. As always, below is only a partial transcript, and any typos […]

Cynthia Lopez, vice president of documentary for P.O.V, is WAM!2009’s opening keynoter.
I listened to but didn’t liveblog the wonderful opening remarks from Jaclyn Friedman or Irene Villisonor (sp), and listened but wasn’t able to liveblog the beginning of the Cynthia Lopez’s remarks. But WAM! will eventually have all the sessions’ full video available, so do […]

As I posted here yesterday, I’m presenting on the opening panel of the WAM!2009 Pre-Conference.
Our session, PR: Getting Your Work Out There, is just getting started, with a welcome session by PR expert and Boston radio veteran about the impact of media, in particular newspapers, to democracy, and the shifting reality of the difficulties […]

As I’ve posted previously, Women In Media & News is proud to be a supporting sponsor of WAM!2009, the annual Women, Action and Media conference.
Organized by the Center for New Words and held at MIT in Cambridge, MA, WAM! brings together journalists and media makers from corporate and independent spheres, feminist activists, media scholars, […]

It’s a story of covert propaganda, secretly advancing business interests and helping lead the United States into war. It’s got serious implications for our media system and our democracy. So why isn’t it getting more attention?
In April 2008, Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times reporter David Barstow exposed a secret Pentagon program, to recruit […]

As long-time readers of this blog will remember from numerous posts here, WIMN’s Voices blogger Anne Elizabeth Moore’s book Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity offers one of the most important discussions you can find — anywhere — about the dangerous effects of commercialism over contemporary media, culture and life.
Now, Anne […]

On Monday, I was fortunate to hear 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Iranian human rights lawyer Dr. Shirin Ebadi speak. This truly remarkable woman condemned her government’s continued repression of women and religious minorities, which she said is based on a misinterpretation of Islamic law. She also criticized the United States, for […]

I hadn’t heard of an organization called “The Girl Effect” before five minutes ago, when a friend forwarded this viral video, which uses a basic storyboard format to make the case that educating and providing microloans to girls and women is a core step toward solving global poverty, HIV, inequality and more. It’s a point […]

Had hoped to post this reminder earlier this week had no wifi access for the past four days except for cell phone. But — for those of you in the NY area TODAY, Sept. 26 and TOMORROW, Sept. 27 , St. John’s University in Queens, NY is hosting a fascinating, interdisciplinary conference called “Making […]