As people of color we understand that they media creates the landscape that shapes how society views and respond to our communities. Now, more than ever, it’s clear the media has a huge role to play in the legitimization of racial hierarchy.
One of the first questions that CMJ clients ask is “How do I get more followers on Twitter?” Twitter is a conversation, and measuring how effective Twitter is in achieving your goals should be rooted in its conversational nature. While the number of followers you have is the most obvious measure of your Twitter cred, it doesn’t get into the gritty of two important Twitter metrics: influence and reach.
Data compiling is a big business, and it generates big profits! Digital data brokers exist solely to compile and sell highly personal information about us—yet there is no real way for the average person to find out what they’ve collected about us, or if it’s accurate.
At a panel I moderated last Sunday at the Left Forum, called “Race in the Post 9/11 Era,” a common theme that emerged was that race, racism and Islamaphobia in the post-9/11 era are not new but rather marked by a rhetoric shift.
Ever been in a room with veteran organizers? I mean folks with years of experience on a single issue. If you have, then you know what I mean when I say there is a palpable difference between people who “work” on an issue and people who’ve been “called” to an issue.
The TV monitor outside of gate G3 is flashing a message that my flight to the Bay Area is cancelled. The long line behind the gate counter cancels any hope of getting there today in time to start orientation at my new job. I’m upset that after everything I’ve been through (agonizingly slow bus ride to the airport, a TSA pat-down and nearly missing my flight) that it must end this way. My first day as the National Organizer at the Center for Media Justice was spent stranded in a city where I was only meant to have a two-hour layover.
This week, Rob Wildeboer of WBEZ (Chicagoland Public Radio) did a three part series on the costs of prison phone calls in Chicago/Cook County. Meanwhile, CMJ's Betty Yu has been working overtime as a guest blogger for National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture during their blog salon series: Telecommunications Policy and the Media Arts. In this installment, Betty writes about the local-to-national fight for Prison Phone Justice that we've been waging, and the difference grassroots organizations are making in states across the country.
Check out two recent articles on prison phone calls citing CMJ, written by Rob Wildeboer for WBEZ (Chicagoland Public Radio) and Eric Zorn for the Chicago Tribune Blog. The articles, which mention CMJ and Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) partner Thousand Kites, are about the high cost of prison phone calls in Chicago/Cook County. We’re Read more
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture is hosting a blog salon on media policy March 12th through 16th. They invited leaders and practitioners in the field to reflect on how telecommunications policies working their way through the system in 2012 could impact the media arts community. Our very own Betty Yu is one of the guest bloggers. Check out her first blog below chronicling her experiences at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
Recently, Google updated their Take Action page, with a thank you to the more than 7 million Americans who stood up for the web. Their infographic shows the breakdown of the ways in which the 7+ million people took action—and we’re excited to see that Center for Media Justice is listed, along with Reporters Without Boarders.