Multimedia map: Tibet Uprising 2008
Thanks to my rhetoric professor from last semester, Sean McCarthy, for inspiring this project. This multimedia map aims to demonstrate the truly international and unprecedented scope of protest against the Chinese government’s repression of Tibetans…
FCC: Shut up and watch TV
Black Agenda Report’s Bruce Dixon says the message of FCC Commission Deborah Taylor Tate at a sham “town hall meeting” in Atlanta was “Shut up, get yourself a converter box [for the transition form analog…
Digital Crossroads radio premiere
My friend Gavin Dahl at Boise Community Radio just premiered his soon-to-be-syndicated radio show Digital Crossroads. In this episode Gavin reports from Austin on a National Association of Broadcaster’s annual conference, which happened to share…
Action Day Against Data Retention
From the activist tech infrastructure builders at Riseup.net: “Today, October 11th, marks a global day of action against Data Retention. We wish to show our solidarity and support those who are being forced by the…
Podcast: Bad journalism hurts Haiti
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Journalists routinely include this statistic in their reports on Haiti, which in recent months have focused on hurricane-triggered flooding and protests over skyrocketing food prices (seen…
