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Introducing the Google Policy Fellowship
As lawmakers around the world become more engaged on Internet policy, ensuring a robust and intelligent public debate around these issues becomes increasingly important. That’s why we’re launching the Google Policy Fellowship Program—to support students and organizations working on policy [...]
This 6 month production workshop covers both 16mm and digital video production, from preproduction to shooting and editing. Highly selective, students meet in the evenings and shoot on the weekends. Aimed at emerging artists from communities of color, low income and other marginalized groups, this workshop is entering its 31st year! Graduates include feature directors [...]
The Associated Press reported that Comcast is interfering with users’ ability to run file sharing applications over its network.
Since we spoke to Comcast last month and understood them to deny that they are doing this, we’ve been running our own tests.
The results of our tests have agreed with AP’s. Comcast is forging TCP RST packets [...]
So I’ve been meaning to write about my NetSquared experience all week long. I’ve been nearly bursting at the seams to tell listeners about it, really, but pledge drive (which starts October 22), elections (forums for which wrap this week and candidate statements for which start this week too), Program Council (I say with confidence [...]
Creative Commons has officially launched its third annual fundraising campaign. The foundation’s goal is to raise $500,000 before Dec. 31. To help promote this campaign CC redesigned its website to include a dynamic map which shows where in the world CC’s support comes from. CC also released the new 2007 limited edition campaign tshirts. Also, [...]
JayMac (host of the killer Low End Theory podcast, recent Houstonist profilee and tech honcho in his day job) recently invited me to speak to NetSquared, a national organization that seeks to connect technical folks to nonprofits and build relationships, about KPFT and technology. Though I am not the CIO (not that we have a [...]
Jamglue is hosting a remix contest for one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time, the one and only Public Enemy, and its new song “Amerikan Gangster.”
PE, one of my favorites even today, is notable for being ahead of its time on virtually everything — from its booming blend of rap and rock [...]
You may have heard the announcement during Duane Bradley’s report to the Pacifica National Board, but in case you missed it, KPFT now officially broadcasts in HD. KPFT is the first Pacifica station to broadcast in HD.
HD Radio is unique because it allows stations to deliver high-quality audio as well as additional FM channels, but [...]
via BoingBoing:
Google’s “Health Advertising Team” is trying to sell the health industry on buying ads to be shown opposite searches for Sicko. The idea is to counter Michael Moore’s amazing, enraging, must-see indictment of the health industry’s grip on American society by running ads over search results for Sicko.
Another approach would be to reform the [...]
Front entrance of WORT, this year’s Grassroots Radio Conference sponsor.
Nathan Moore of WORT shows off the basement news room.
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Four of America’s boldest journalists met on June 13th 2006 in New York City to break the silence surrounding the topic that dare not speak its name: Class War in America. Paul Krugman, op-ed columnist of the New York Times, takes on the issue of inequality. Amy Goodman, of Democracy Now!, [...]
One of the nation’s most prestigious universities is resurrecting its defunct academic press online — a move that adds a new wrinkle to the debate over who will profit from Web publishing.Rice University in Houston will today announce plans to relaunch its Rice University Press — a money-losing venture that went out of business 10 [...]
The BBC’s director general reveals plans for audiences to create their own radio stations from BBC content.
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Opportunity to Participate in Radio and New Media Technology Training WorkshopRadio Reporting Using Digital Technology Training Workshop
25 July – 1 August, 2006, Media Centre Panos South Asia (PSA), Kathmandu, Nepal
Radio continues to be the most effective medium of communication and information dissemination in the developing world. Despite the [...]
Pentagon sets its sights on social networking sites
By Paul Marks, NewScientist.com news service
June 9, 2006
“I am continually shocked and appalled at the details people voluntarily post online about themselves.” So says Jon Callas, chief security officer at PGP, a Silicon Valley-based maker of encryption software. He is far from alone in noticing that fast-growing social [...]
From Nathan Moore at WORT: Last year, the good folks at Prometheus continued the Grassroots Radio Coalition tradition of setting up a "Solidarity Fund" to provide scholarships to attend the conference. Through donations from stations, organizations, and individuals, the GRC has been able to raise several thousand dollars each year to bring more people [...]
Creative Commons and the Berkman Center have put out a Podcasting Legal Guide available on a wiki page and as a downloadable PDF. It's a comprehensive review of the tangled mess of legal issues around podcasting. Hot off the presses: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide. Foreword from Lawrence Lessig:
Federal law regulates creativity. That regulation is insanely complex. Indeed, [...]
The tech/intellectual-property political action committee IPac has launched FireHatch.com to oppose Orrin Hatch's reelection. Sayeth the site, "Hatch is as bad as it gets when it comes to shafting the public on copyright and technology policy. This is the guy who wants Hollywood's hackers to blow up computers that are used for unauthorized downloading. He [...]
New website to monitor community media worldwide.
http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org
Community radio plays a crucial role in enabling public participation, strengthening cultural and linguistic diversity, and promoting gender. In addition, it supports freedom of expression throughout the world, giving voice to the poor and marginalized, and helping to build a more equitable information society.
However, community radio stations struggle with [...]
Rating companies’ fight for relevancy (and some decent metrics) continues. RadioInk reports, “As their system is being tested in England, the Media Audit is now requesting permission from Houston radio station owners to encode their signals in order to conduct a test of their Smart Cell Phone system of electronic media measurement.“
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Urban Unrest is a blog on new and old media, media justice, race, culture, politics and society and is hosted by Ernesto Aguilar, currently program director at Pacifica Radio KPFT in Houston.
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