Media Reclamation Project

a warm earth day greeting to you all,

so the Media Reclamation Project aka Media Matters stands at a bit of a crossroads: we need to let OPIRG/GRIPO-Ottawa know by the end of the month if we plan to continue doing stuff. we haven’t really done much, not even have a meeting, since our Media Democracy Day event in October

so, we’re asking you now, to give us some input: what can you see us doing in the next year? do you want to get involved? where would we be most effective in directing our efforts?

please email us with a response if you’ve got something to share.

and to reward you for participating, we have two t-shirts (size ‘m’ in red) from Toronto’s Media Democracy Day event, that we’ll give away to two people who respond

if you don’t have any ideas for the future, you can still get a chance at a t-shirt by emailing us with some feedback on one or more things you’ve learned from our sendouts and/or events in the past

!! PLEASE DO RESPOND !!
>>>> mediamattersottawa@gmail.com
>>>> (or just press reply)

and in addition to that, we’ve got a lot of content for you today, to keep you informed and inspired on media issues and activism

all the best, from Media Reclamation Project

~~~~ Canadian content ~~~~

Wayne MacPhail on how newspapers failing online by going around unionized journalists
http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2009/04/features/major-newspapers-online-failure-result-anti-union-intentions

Linda McQuaig on what’s wrong with our newspapers:
http://www.rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2009/04/features/linda-mcquaig-whats-wrong-our-newspapers
or
http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/needs-no-introduction/2009/04/linda-mcquaig-whats-wrong-canadas-newspapers

~~~~ Media resource / analysis ~~~~

The Mind Managers
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21084

~~~~ Media initiatives ~~~~

Huffington Post Investigative Fund
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/announcing-the-launch-of-_b_180543.html

Pacifica Radio at 60 years
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/15-1

~~~~ Stories in the Media ~~~~

Pirates in Somalia
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/you-are-being-lied-to-abo_b_155147.html

Homelessness in America
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/137045/%22people_shouldn%27t_have_to_live_like_this%22%3A_the_real_story_behind_%22tent_city%22_–_and_how_the_media_get_it_wrong/?page=1

Wall Street and the economic crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/04-0
and
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2009/04/02/have-the-media-learned-anything-from-the-crisis/

Using anonymous sources
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/19-0

Right-wing attacks on Obama
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/14
and
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/136834/right-wingers_are_desperately_trying_to_destroy_obama%2C_and_the_cowardly_corporate_media_are_helping_/

~~~~ Media in crisis ~~~~

http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20983

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/27-0

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/27-6

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/580452

http://rabble.ca/columnists/why-big-media-bad-journalism

~~~~ Miscellaneous media news ~~~~

http://www.freepress.net/newsroom/