Archive for November, 2007
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
As the Writers' strike continues into a second week, word of an interesting solidarity action as many of the blogs that usually cover the content generated by these writers are 'going dark' for a day to express their support. This at the same time that another group of writers, working ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers are doing important work across a range of areas. I first came across them in connection with their founding of WCIW, an LPFM station serving farm-workers in Florida.They are also well-known for their work to gain extra income for workers through putting pressure on companies ...
Posted in Citizenship, migration, race, and ethnicity, Income and poverty, Political activism, Radio, Society and culture | No Comments »
Monday, November 12th, 2007
The United Kingdom has been rather late to the game in developing community radio - undoubtedly a legacy of the Thatcher years when, of course, we were informed that society (and presumably community) didn't exist. New stations are now, however, being rolled out, with the latest being an announcement today ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
The 'he said/she said' model of journalism is frequently problematic, reducing complex issues to two 'sides' and often unduly elevating a marginal or rogue opinion to parity with broad informed consensus. Sometimes, however, it can be rather helpful, and I think that this example from the BBC shows that in action. ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
I heard this first via a Twitter Tracking update, and then tracked down more detailed information online. It seems that Bangladesh may soon get community radio stations, something that has been pushed for for some time.
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
I've placed the latest edition of A Critical Ear online. It's about 45 minutes, featuring phone interviews with Bob Naiman and Sam Husseini. Broadcast live on WRFU yesterday afternoon.
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