National Conference for Media Reform 2008!!!!

National Conference for Media Reform 2008 will be held in Minneapolis from June 6-8.

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Media consolidation and changes in media laws affect the quality of information consumers get everyday. A great way to get informed and get ideas on how to make change in the media environment is to view the archives for the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tennessee. I attended the conference and it was very informative!! A lot of the workshops and speeches are available online.

Some of my favorite workshops:

*Inside Corporate Media: Can it Tell the Truth?
Moderator: Phil Donahue
Jeff Cohen, TV host, author, Cable News Confidential
Juan Gonzalez, NY Daily News
Flavia Colgan, MSNBC and Philadelphia Daily News
Laura Washington, Chicago Sun-Times and In These Times

*Media Scholars' Policy Research Review
Moderator: Bob McChesney, Free Press, Univ. of Illinois
Michael Delli Carpini, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Susan Douglas, Univ. of Michigan
Larry Gross, Univ. of Southern California
Allen Hammond, Santa Clara Univ.
Marty Kaplan, Univ. of Southern California

*Media Policy is a Civil Rights Issue
Moderator: Mark Lloyd, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News and Democracy Now!
Kim Gandy, National Organization for Women
Karen Peltz Strauss, American Association of People with Disabilities
Rev. Timothy McDonald, African American Ministers Leadership Council