Media Reform Conference

November 8 & 9,Madison Wisconsin
Moving beyond critique to action, the
National Conference on Media Reform is a
groundbreaking forum to democratize the
debate over media policymaking. A broad
range of media reform activists will join
members of Congress, the FCC, and leaders
of major groups working for civil rights,
women’s rights, rural renewal, the environment,
labor, community development and
other issues to:
– Mobilize new constituencies;
– Strengthen coalitions working in Washington
and at the grassroots;
– Develop unified action plans for immediate
and long-term reforms; and
– Generate policies and strategies that will
structurally improve the media system.
Take part in workshops, panels, and
concerts addressing:
• Public broadcasting
• FCC media ownership rules
• Media and antitrust claims
• Low-power radio & TV
• Internet governance
• Copyright issues
• Children’s media regulation
• Regulation of advertising
• Cable/satellite and public access
• Billboard advertising
• Advertising in schools
• Political advertising/campaign finance
• IndyMedia Centers as a policy issue
• Community media watches
PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS
ADELSTEIN, Jonathan
BALDWIN, Rep. Tammy
BLETHEN, Frank
BRAGG, Billy
BOWEN,Wally
BROWN, Rep. Sherrod
CHESTER, Jeff
COATES, Inja
COHEN, Jeff
CONYERS, Rep. John
COOPER,Mark
COPPS,Michael
DICHTER, Aliza
DOUGLAS, Susan
FEINGOLD, Sen. Russ
FOLEY, Linda
GOODMAN, Amy
GONZALEZ, Juan
HACKETT, Bob
HAZEN, Don
HERNDON, Sheri
HINCHEY, Rep.Maurice
JACKSON, Janine
JENSEN, Robert
JHALLY, Sut
JOHNSON, Nicholas
KIMMELMAN, Gene
KLEIN, Naomi
LEWIS, Charles
LLOYD,Mark
MAHAJAN, Rahul
McCANNON, Bob
McCHESNEY, Robert
McGEE, Art
McGEHEE,Meredith
MILLER,Mark Crispin
MILLER, Patti
MINER, Barbara
MITCHELL, Pat
MOYERS, Bill
NEWBY, David
NICHOLS, John
PINGREE, Chellie
ROGERS, Joel
RUSKIN, Gary
SANDERS, Rep. Bernie
SCHECHTER, Danny
SCHWARTZ, John
STAUBER, John
SWEENEY, John
SNOW, Nancy
THEMBA-NIXON,Makani
TOOMEY, Jenny
TRIDISH, Pete
WALLACH, Lori
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