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LATEST NEWS: May 2008
For updates on CIMA's current projects, click here
Media & Gender Justice!…
Looking for a gender lens on media policy? Feminist analysis of news? Or media organizations for women & girls? Here's a few of our featured links this month. Plus site sections with many more. Find what you need for your work, and add your own articles, tools and favorite resources.
DTV is coming!…
The US government is requiring all TV broadcasters to start digital broadcasting in February 2009. That means anyone who gets TV through an antenna will have to get a new TV or a "converter" before their TV goes black. –– What does this mean for communities? Check out this collection of government & public-interest articles & fact-sheets on DTV.
Access for All...
Tools to help community activists get highspeed (broadband) internet that serves everyone: "The Better Broadband Toolkit (from Ethos). Also see the new report, "The Philadelphia Story" for recommendations and lessons based on the case study of Philadelphia's city wireless plan. (By People's Production House and the New America Foundation - with some help from CIMA)...
for more about CIMA's current work, click here.
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discover upcoming events and opportunities; post your announcements
Upcoming:
May 22-23, Bridging Scholar/Activist Divides Pre-ICA Conference (Montreal, Canada)
May 28-30, 2008 International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (Washington, DC)
May 31 (Registration Deadline), Conference on Innovation and Communications Law (Turku, FINLAND)
June 6-8, NCMR 2008! (Minneapols, MN) |
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a collaborative library for sharing ideas, recommending readings, building on history and learning from other movements
Featured reading
Media Policy and the Next Presidency (Suggested actions from several media advocates)
World Information Access Report (Freedom of Expression Project)
GenderIT: Genderizing Media and Technology Policy
The Case for Universal Broadband in American: Now!
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find and post tools, guides, books and other materials to help make your work more effective
Featured resource
FCC Hearing: on Internet Practices -Stanford Univ. Apr. 17, 2008 (Video Webcast)
Online Safety Toolkit for women and internet users in general
Starting a Women's Media Association (Guide)
Better Broadband Toolkit (Now available from Ethos Group!)
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networking tools for organizations advocating better media and communications: who they are, what they do and how to contact them
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