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Media at the Margins
Posted on January 21, 2005
If you've been engaging in the Just Media project and you're interested in alternative media, have we got a panel for you! This Saturday, Shira Golding, MediaRights' Director of Education and Outreach is moderating a panel called "Media at the Margins: Sustainable Alternatives to the Mainstream."
Media at the Margins: Sustainable Alternatives to the Mainstream
Saturday, january 22nd
2:00-3:15, Event Space, OfficeOps
Pete Tridish, Prometheus Radio Project
Blake McDowell, Paper Tiger Television
Sarah Groff-Palermo, Soft Skull Press
Shira Golding, MediaRights
With large corporations dominating the mainstream media, political artists and activists have turned increasingly to small, independent radio and television stations, production companies, and publishing houses as alternative venues through which to broadcast their creative work and dissenting views. What place do these organizations occupy in the contemporary media landscape? How are activist-run media outlets able to stay afloat in a market controlled by companies with much greater financial resources and publicity networks? What strategies can independent media organizations use to extend their reach, target untapped audiences, and avoid simply preaching to the converted?
In this panel discussion, microradio activist Pete Tridish will discuss his work as a founding member of Radio Mutiny, a Philadelphia radio station, and the Prometheus Radio Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing and facilitating the growth of local radio stations. Blake McDowell of Paper Tiger Television, will offer his perspectives on video activism as an alternative to corporate-controlled television networks. Sarah Groff-Palermo will describe her activities as managing editor of Soft Skull Press, an independent publishing house. The panel will be mediated by Shira Golding of MediaRights, a non-profit organization promoting film as a tool for social change.
Directions:
OfficeOps is located at 57 Thames Street in East Williamsburg, a 3 minute walk from the Morgan stop on the L train.
Take the L to the Morgan Ave stop in Brooklyn. Leave through the Morgan Ave exit at the front of the train coming from Manhattan, and use the right hand stairs as you exit the station. Walk on Morgan Ave south towards the firehouse, crossing Grattan St. Make a left onto Thames Street. 57 is the last steel door on the left. Push the call panel marked "OfficeOps."