[ecrea] FAIR at the 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference - 2/3

>The 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference
>Speaking Truth To Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
>Sunday | March 2nd 2008
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>Since 2004, the annual NYC Grassroots Media 
>Conferences feature workshops, skills-sharing, 
>dialogue, debate and strategizing sessions about 
>media making, media policy and how to use media 
>to forward social justice campaigns.
>
>Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Ave | Entrance via West Building
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>Hours: 9am-6pm
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>FAIR's Communications Director, Isabel 
>Macdonald, and  Malkia Cyril, Director of the 
>Center for Media Justice (formerly the Youth 
>Media Council), will lead the panel:
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>"Media Criticism as a Tool in Media Justice Campaigns" 10:30 - 12:00pm
>
>Community activists are very aware that 
>something is wrong with corporate media coverage 
>of their issues, but often lack the tools to 
>articulate just what is wrong and how to fight 
>for more accountable coverage. In this session, 
>organized by the media criticism experts at FAIR 
>(Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) and the 
>Center for Media Justice, participants will 
>learn concrete steps for documenting and 
>analyzing media bias, and tips on how to 
>challenge inaccurate or unfair news coverage to get the story told right.
>
>Check out the full day's schedule 
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SDfevUeYXIzEDlCZWnbp3DcCEfpI3FK%2B>here.
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>For information on how to register to attend, 
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BD57ihd4lglIVaVHeZpFCzcCEfpI3FK%2B>click 
>here to visit the main conference website.
>
>Admission:
>$20 advance; $30 day of
>$15 students/seniors; $25 day of
>$5 youth discount (18 & under)
>
>Start your two-year subscription with a free 
>copy of Interventions, a collection of Chomsky's 
>essays for the New York Times Syndicate. These 
>columns were published all around the globe, but 
>rarely in major U.S. media -- and certainly not 
>in the New York Times. Foreword written by FAIR's Peter Hart.
>
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5FOVrBW4b8eP3sj8m1tiPjcCEfpI3FK%2B>Tavia 
>Nyong'o on Kenya, Trudy Lieberman on health care policy (2/8/08-2/14/08)
>
>
>Feel free to respond to FAIR ( 
><mailto:(fair /at/ fair.org)>(fair /at/ fair.org) ). We can't 
>reply to everything, but we will look at each 
>message. We especially appreciate documented 
>examples of media bias or censorship. And please 
>send copies of your correspondence with media 
>outlets, including any responses, to <mailto:(fair /at/ fair.org)>(fair /at/ fair.org).
>
>
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