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January 9, 2012

Center for Media Justice Reacts to FCC’s Announcement on Low-Income Broadband Access

Today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced plans to make some major changes to the Lifeline low-income telecommunications connectivity program. The Chairman's plan to modernize Lifeline to include broadband is an important first step toward achieving this goal, but we fear it does not address the immediate needs of thousands of people across the country who cannot search for employment, fully participate in their education, apply for social services and meet their healthcare needs.

January 9, 2012

Gotcha Journalism Shouldn’t Stop at the Gotcha

We all know Ron Paul has a newsletter problem. Much has been written of Paul's refusal to directly answer questions about his controversial newsletters. (The newsletters from 20 years ago rely heavily on racial stereotypes to describe urban life and people of color.)

January 4, 2012

The incredibly true story of a girl (her family and friends) and her phone

Truth be told my relationship with my cell phone number and my yahoo email are my longest running relationships to date—longer even than my relationship with JD. In fact, until last February when I changed my number and email, my longest relationship ever was with the phone number that I got with my first cell phone in 1997—a Motorola Micro T-A-C 550.

January 1, 2012

CMJ’s Executive Director Malkia Cyril featured in San Francisco Chronicle’s “Change Makers” series

"I don't say 'net neutrality,' that bores me, too. But when I tell people their ability to communicate and connect is threatened, they care about that," Malkia Cyril talks to the San Francisco Chronicle about systemic reform in media justice.

December 12, 2011

Media Justice and the 99 Percent Movement

As evictions and raids of Occupy encampments take place through out major cities this country, one thing is evident "You can't evict an idea who's time has come".

December 7, 2011

The Fight for Internet Freedom & Net Neutrality – New Voices and New Battles

In 2012, CMJ and our media justice partners remain staunchly committed to maintaining an open Internet. We want to make sure our communities have full access to this important communications system and can continue to use this essential tool to organize around critical justice issues and strengthen the economic well being of our families and communities.

December 7, 2011

Media Justice Advocates Work to Block AT&T’s Attempted Takeover of T-Mobile

From the moment that AT&T announced it's intention to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion, media justice advocates knew this would be a bad deal for America's poor and communities of color. We worked together to put a stop to it - though AT&T has not given up, we're just getting started. We're not going to let the government to cater to corporations who put their bottom line ahead of the needs of our communities!

December 7, 2011

LA Media Justice Academy: Training Future Social Justice Leaders

The all day bilingual event (conducted in Spanish and English) was a unique convening that brought together 40 social justice organizers and activists from primarily communities of color to map out local and national media landscape as well as build their mobile media and communications leadership skills.

December 7, 2011

MAG-Net Launches Two Regional Sites in 2011

These two MAG-Net Chapters, like the rest of the MAG-Net Chapters, will engage community members and organizations in the larger media policy and communications rights fights that affect our civil and human rights.

December 7, 2011

Echo Justice Initiative: Business as Usual in Progressive Communications is Not Good Enough

By practicing communications strategy as a dialogue and not a top-down transmission, we began to create the conditions necessary for deeper engagement among all alliances moving forward.