The National Conference for Media Reform

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 2008

Past 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 clips|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 candidate Barack 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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