Truemors
The second annual Media Democracy Day is here, See non-corporate media in action. Come on down to the Vancouver Public Library Sat Oct 25 and see what truth in Media looks like. Witness non-corporate media channnels of all kinds.
We TTMCers (ThinkTankMediaCoo-op members) were there last year and the turnout was amazing...
The booths/Tables were very well laid out. New media companies such as your very own Now Public are willing to share ideas and take feedback on the spot.. Adbusters was there as well as Submedia. Vancouver is the home of many groundbreaking new media concepts.. and most of them will likely be present this year at the MDD. Steve Anderson is publisher of COAnews and founder of MDD.
Panels and Workshops include:
*Big Media Clamp Down: Taking stock and fighting back
*Free Your Computer, Free Yourself - Practical steps to get you on the
road to liberation with free and open source software
*Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination
*The Battle for New Media and Open Communication
*Community Organizing and Media
* Open Source Journalism
Some groups that will be present:
Adbusters
Antigone Magazine
Beyond Robson
CCPA
Co-Op Radio
CiTR
CJSF 90.1fm
Community Media Education Society (CMES)
ICTV
Council of Canadians
Campaign for Democratic Media
Epoch Times
Fair Copyright for Canada
Fearless Media/W2
Free Geek
Megaphone Magazine
Mozilla Foundation
No One is Illegal
NowPublic
People's Voice Newspaper
Rag Tag Productions
Seriously Free Speech Committee
SFU CMNSU (Communication Student Union)
Spartacus BooksTheTyee
Vancouver Observer
VIVO Media Arts Centre
This years confirmed speakers are:
*Rex Weyler - Co-founder of Green Peace
*Deborah Campbell - Award Winning Independent Journalist
*David Beers - Founding Editor of The Tyee
*Charlie Smith - Editor of the Georgia Straight
*Gurpreet Singh - Broadcaster on Radio India, freelance columnist for Surrey Now, freelance reporter for South Asian Post
*Michael Tippett - Co-founder of Nowpublic.com
*Robert Hackett - professor at SFU and author of “Remaking Media”
*Andrea Hayley - president of the Epoch Times Vancouver
*Robert Scales – CEO of Raincity Studios
*Matt Thompson - Campaign Strategist for FreePress, Co-Founder of SaveOurNet.ca
*Kate Milberry - Media and Technology Commentator (See her blog)
go see more info on this years MDD at:
http://www.mediademocracyday.org/vancouver
Come see what real media looks like!
We dare you......
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