- The National Conference for Media Reform
The National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) is a conference on media reform sponsored and presented by Free Press, an organization whose mission is to reform the media, and the Free Press Action Fund annually or biennially in the
United States . The conference program includes invited presentations by media reformers about their ideas and strategies for improving the news media. The conference is directed by and to those interested in reforming the media of the United States. Attendees include (but are not limited to): activists; students; policymakers; journalists; scholars; artists; and other concerned citizens.fact|date=August 2008Past conferences
2003
The first National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR), then called The National Conference on Media Reform, was held in 2003 in
Madison, Wisconsin , and was attended by "over 1700" people.cite web|url=http://www2.freepress.net/conference/2003/|title=The 2003 National Conference on Media Reform|date=Madison, WI,November 7 – 9,2003 |format=Web |publisher=The National Conference for Media Reform, "freepress.net"|accessdate=2008-08-24]2005
The 2005 NCMR was held from May 13 to 15, 2005, in
St. Louis, Missouri .cite web|url=http://www2.freepress.net/conference/=2005|title=The 2005 National Conference for Media Reform|date=St. Louis, MO,May 13 – 15,2005 |format=Web |publisher=The National Conference for Media Reform, "freepress.net"|accessdate=2008-08-24]2007
The 2007 NCMR was held in January, in
Memphis, Tennessee .cite web|url=http://www2.freepress.net/ncmr07/|title=The 2007 National Conference for Media Reform "Highlights"|date=Memphis, TN,January 2007 |format=Web Video clip s|publisher=The National Conference for Media Reform, "freepress.net"|accessdate=2008-08-24]2008
The 2008 NCMR was held at the
Minneapolis Convention Center ,Minneapolis, Minnesota , from June 6 to 8.cite web|url=http://www.freepress.net/conference|title=The 2008 National Conference for Media Reform|format=Web |publisher=The National Conference for Media Reform, "freepress.net"|date=Minneapolis, MN,June 6 – 8,2008 |accessdate=2008-08-24.] The conference program's five themes were: Media Policy; Media Reform Activism and Movement Building; Journalism and Independent Media; Civil Rights-Social Justice and Media; and Media and Democracy: The Next Frontier."Program Overview"
Klein speech on Obama
Naomi Klein held a speech addressing Democratic candidateBarack Obama , raising much concern. [http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2105 Naomi Klein on Obama] - Klein speaks about Obama and the intellectual and political integrity of the progressive movement August 26, 2008 -The Real News ] The key passage was the following:Notes
External links
* [http://www.freepress.net/ Freepress.net] – Official Website (Home page) of the
Free Press , sponsor and presenter of the NCMR.
* [http://www.freepress.net/conference The National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR)] – Official Website (Home page), sponsored, presented, and hosted by the Free Press.
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