Through the Lens
December 9: Leveraging Video for Advocacy
1 Comment- Add comment Written on 29-Nov-2009 by markgouldFrom MediaRights.org
Nonprofits are leading the video revolution, from links to live video feeds on Twitter to fundraising videos on Facebook and advocacy videos on You Tube. But are you maximizing your video-for-change dollars?
Join award-winning advocacy video producer and marketing consultant Amy DeLouise who will help you ensure a good return on your precious video investments. Through real-world examples, learn ways to make your digital content work for you.
Amy DeLouise, principal of Amy DeLouise Consulting, has more than 20 years experience in marketing, branding, and video production with a focus on the not-for-profit sector. Her video content—more than 500 productions—has appeared at national conferences, on websites, on DVDs, on TV and on You Tube and Facebook. She has received more than 40 top national awards for creative excellence including the Telly, the CINDY, the New York Festivals award and the CINE Golden Eagle. Her clients include the American Diabetes Association, AIPAC, Children’s National Medical Center, Independent Sector, and the University of Maryland College Park. She blogs about nonprofit marketing issues at Amy’s Brand Buzz and is on Twitter @brandbuzz. Ms. DeLouise received her B.A. with Distinction in English from Yale University.
This meeting will take place online and by phone. It costs $15 for staff of OneWorld partner organizations and costs $30 for others. For more information, email roshani.kothari[at]oneworld.net.
| Date | December 9 2009 |
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| Homepage | http://us.oneworld.net/webinar/video/1209 |
| Contact | roshani.kothari@oneworld.net |
| Issues | Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Environment, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Health/Health Advocacy, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Media, Digital Divide, Digital Media, Fair Representation, Media Literacy, Politics/Government, Racial Justice, Religious Freedom, Youth |
Send to a friend Freedom of Information: ACLU asks Gates to not block release of detainee abuse photos
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 21-Oct-2009 by markgouldvia the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the secretary of defense not to exercise his authority to withhold photos of detainee abuse that was granted to him by Congress -- pending an expected signing by the president -- earlier this week.
In a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the ACLU urged him to "not invoke your new and discretionary authority to suppress images of abuse."
Congress passed legislation on Tuesday that exempts from public disclosure images depicting the torture of detainees in U.S. custody. The Supreme Court last week postponed whether it would hear arugments in the ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act suit that sought access to the photos, because if the bill is signed into law it could make the long-fought battle over the torture photos moot.
"We are deeply disappointed that Congress has voted to give the Defense Department the authority to hide evidence of its own misconduct,” said the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer in a release. “Secretary Gates should be guided by the importance of transparency to the democratic process, the extraordinary importance of these photos to the ongoing debate about the treatment of prisoners and the likelihood that the suppression of these photos would ultimately be far more damaging to national security than their disclosure.”
Fox News Anchor Glenn Beck prepares to cry about how liberals are out to destroy the world!
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 04-Oct-2009 by markgould
Digital Rights Management Update
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Action Alert: Stop Broadcasters from Blocking Open Networks
(BAY AREA MEDIA ALLIANCE) The Media Alliance has issued another of its Action Alerts, asking the public to notify the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Kevin Martin of opposition against the agency's delay in implementing engineers' recommendation that vacant TV channel spectrum could be used to provide Internet service to underserved urban neighborhoods and hard to reach rural areas.
Said the action alert, "Opening this new spectrum is the Holy Grail for those of us who have been working to: solve the rural broadband and low-income/urban digital divides; and create the "third pipe" alternative to the cable/telco "duopoly," in order to preserve Internet freedom and to create a competitive broadband marketplace.
Martin said that the FCC would vote on opening the "white spaces" on Nov. 4, less than three days away.
But then the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) filed an emergency appeal to block the Nov. 4 vote!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!! E-mail FCC Chair Kevin Martin at: KJMWEB@fcc.gov "
Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig
In FREE CULTURE, Lessig shows how media monopolies have used fear of new technologies, particularly the Internet, to shrink the public domain of ideas, even as the same corporations use the same technologies to control more and more what we can and can’t do with culture. As more and more culture becomes digitized, more and more becomes controllable, even as laws are being toughened at the behest of the big media groups. What’s at stake is our freedom—freedom to create, freedom to build, and ultimately, freedom to imagine. Visit the Free Culture web site.
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Call for Entries: Media That Matters 2010
"Media That Matters...is unlike most in its insistence on community screenings throughout the world. The stories are humane, emotionally rich and often humorous despite the heavy subject matter." — The Indypendent
Screen. Act. Impact.
REMINDER: Our deadline is fast approaching! Complete entries must be postmarked by January 22, 2010!
Arts Engine celebrates ten years of Media That Matters — the premier showcase for short films with big messages.
Hundreds of thousands of people including educators, activists and nonprofits will watch and use your film. Submit your short film to make a real impact.
Short Films: The shorter the better — no longer than 12 minutes max, but 8 and under would be great!
Social Issues: Any and all issues will be considered. This year we are focusing on Media Literacy, Human Rights, LGBTQ & Sexual Identity, Youth Activism and International issues.
All Genres: Documentary, animation, public service announcement, narrative, music video, drama, comedy. Creativity is encouraged — but your film must focus on a social issue.
All ages: Youth-produced projects encouraged!
MUST be cleared for NONEXCLUSIVE home video, educational, online, broadcast and theatrical distribution.
Deadline: All submission materials must be postmarked by January 22, 2010.
Check website for more details and to apply online: www.mediathatmattersfest.org/submit.
Upcoming Festivals
The 3rd edition of the Electronic Arts and Video International Festival Transitio_mx03, Autonomies of Disagreement, will take place from October the 1st to October the 10th, 2009
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The Festival, organized by the Multimedia Center, will be held in different venues: the Centro Nacional de las Artes, the Laboratorio Arte Alameda/INBA, the Fonoteca Nacional and the Universidad Iberoamericana; on this occasion the Centro Mexicano para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) is also supporting the event. As has been since Transitio_mx first edition, we rely on the valuable aid of Fundacion Televisa.
The Electronic Arts and Video International Festival Transitio_mx is the most important platform for expressing and analyzing the contemporary praxes of electronic
arts and digital culture.
The festival activities include:
• Symposium and forums
• International Contest Awards ceremony and exhibit
• Workshops and clinics
• International exhibit
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Del 01 al 10 de octubre de 2009 se llevará a cabo la tercera edición del Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio_mx 03 titulada Autonomías del desacuerdo. Las sedes del Festival, organizado por el Centro Multimedia, son el Centro Nacional de las Artes, el Laboratorio Arte Alameda/INBA, la Fonoteca Nacional y la Universidad Iberoamericana; en esta ocasión tenemos también el apoyo del Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS). Así mismo, como desde la primera edición de Transitio_mx, contaremos con el valioso apoyo de la Fundación Televisa.
El Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio_mx es la plataforma en México más importante para la expresión y análisis de las prácticas contemporáneas de creación artística con medios electrónicos y cultura digital.
El Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio_mx 03 Autonomías del desacuerdo comprende las siguientes actividades centrales:
- Simposio y foros
- Premiación y Muestra del Concurso Internacional
- Talleres y clínicas
- Muestra Internacional
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