Why Net Neutrality is an Arts Advocacy Issue
Blog Author: David DombroskyIn the last decade, we have seen an explosion in the use of the Internet to create art, promote the arts, advocate for the arts, build community through the arts, and more....
View ArticleDear FCC: No Special Favors to Hollywood!
Author: Chad Bergeron The only thing stopping Hollywood from releasing movies to VOD earlier is… Hollywood. They could do it if they wanted to. There’s no law stopping them, there’s not technical...
View ArticleNAMAC Helps Highlight the Importance of an Open Internet
Author: Carlo Pilgrim On January 14, 2010, the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture was one of thirteen independent creator organizations showing support for net neutrality in an FCC notice...
View ArticleOxygen-Deprivation Politics
Author: Arlene Goldbard The scapegoating of Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official who was forced to resign last week, was such a perfect, surreal, and toxic example of everything that...
View ArticleResistance is in the Airwaves: By Any Media Necessary
Blog Author: Betty YuAs I wind down my adventures at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas this week, I reflect on the fact that the most powerful and poignant moments...
View ArticleIntroduction for the NCWO Women’s Media Policy Statement
Blog Author: Ariel DoughertyThis past July when the 3rd Court of Appeals remained back to the FCC its attempt to loosen ownership rules largely due to the FCC’s failure to address women’s and minority...
View ArticleCriminal Charges: Fighting for the Rights of Families to Stay Connected
Blog Author: Betty YuIn this last month, the fight to end the high costs of phone rates in the prison system got a major boost when the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Consumer Advisory...
View ArticleWhy PEG and Community Access Television is a Media Justice Fight
Blog Author: Betty YuPreserving community media outlets like Community Access TV is an important part of our media justice movement. These centers are unique spaces where community members can come...
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