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3RD Annual LA Media Reform Summit: Preserving Democracy studies Traditional Journalism vs. New Media

Posted on March 27, 2010 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amanda Shaffer, Occidental 323-259-2759 | 626-818-2348 (c) Shaffer@oxy.edu 3RD Annual LA Media Reform Summit: Preserving Democracy studies Traditional Journalism vs. New Media LOS ANGELES, CA – In an election year that could alter the balance of power…

LA Media Reform Summit Schedule Announced!

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Amanda Shaffer — No Comments ↓

Last week’s LA StreetSummit was a grand success. This week, we are excited to announce the full line up for our upcoming Media Summit. Check it out and register today! L.A. MEDIA REFORM SUMMIT: MARCH 27, 2010 Occidental College, 200…

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Announcing our annual media summit – March 27, 2010

Posted on February 2, 2010 by UEPI Occidental College — 2 Comments ↓

Preserving Democracy: LA Media Reform Summit 2010 will be held on: Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 11 am to 5:15 PM with reception to follow Also join us for a Pre-Summit screening of Broadcast Blues…

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Local Media for Social Change

Posted on March 19, 2009 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amanda Shaffer, Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College | 323-259-2759 | Shaffer@oxy.edu | commoncause.org/mediasummit LOS ANGELES – California Common Cause, the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute and the Center for Media Justice present an informative…

Bolt’s anti-urban bias

Posted on November 24, 2008 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

<!–[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]–> I watched the new Disney film Bolt over the weekend. It was pretty good. I thought Madagascar 2, which I also saw recently and which…

Posted in Media Democracy, Urban Environment

KPCC eats up Fresh & Easy’s marketing campaign

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Amanda Shaffer — 1 Comment ↓

On my way home from work today, I was dismayed to hear what sounded a heck of a lot like a commercial for Tesco broadcasting from the local public radio station KPCC under the guise of news. It’s Sandra Tsing…

Downsizing the News at the L.A. Times

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Robert Gottlieb — 3 Comments ↓

The continuing departure of L.A. Times staff, thanks to the downsizing agenda of its new owner Sam Zell, has sunk the paper to an incredible low point. Some of the finest journalists have now departed the paper: staffers like Henry…

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TV’s “The Wire” — Bush-Era Fable About America’s Urban Poor

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

THE WIRE, the HBO television drama about Baltimore and which just ended its fifth and final season, was a huge hit with critics who applauded its gritty depiction of urban life. But as John Atlas and I write in this…

Pete Seeger documentary on PBS Wednesday (tomorrow) night

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends: Tomorrow (Wednesday) night, PBS will be showing the documentary, “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song,” as part of its American Masters series. Check you local listings for the time. In LA, it begins at 9 pm on KCET-TV. Here…

Bush’s Class Warfare

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends – Just a week before Christmas, President Bush gave corporate America two big presents. On Tuesday, his Federal Communications Commission changed the rules to allow the nation’s giant conglomerates to further consolidate their grip on the media by permitting…