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How To Save The World From Comcast

The Comcast-NBC merger is hurtling towards us like an asteroid that will destroy our media, raise cable and broadband prices and give us more crappy programming. Only you can stop it. Find out more at www.freepress.net/Comcast.

Breakout Reports at Free Press Summit

At the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010, three breakout sessions covered public interest policies for creating better media, methods for measuring informed communities and mobilizing communities for better media. Free Press’ Candace Clement moderated reports of the breakout sessions with National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Jessica Gonzalez, Media [...]

Social Media, Social Justice at Free Press Summit – Part 2

Jose Antonio Vargas of the Huffington Post, ColorOfChange.org’s James Rucker, Andrew Noyes of Facebook and author Deanna Zandt discuss Social Media, Social Justice and the Future of the Internet. The panel was held at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010.

Social Media, Social Justice at Free Press Summit – Part 1

Jose Antonio Vargas of the Huffington Post, ColorOfChange.org’s James Rucker, Andrew Noyes of Facebook and author Deanna Zandt discuss Social Media, Social Justice and the Future of the Internet. The panel was held at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010.

Public Media Panel at Free Press Summit – Part 2

Multimedia journalist Farai Chideya, John Tate of the BBC and Frontline’s David Fanning reimagine our old public broadcasting system as a new public media system devoted to local news gathering and community service. The panel was held at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010. For more information, [...]

Public Media Panel at Free Press Summit – Part 1

Multimedia journalist Farai Chideya, John Tate of the BBC and Frontline’s David Fanning reimagine our old public broadcasting system as a new public media system devoted to local news gathering and community service. The panel was held at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010. For more information, [...]

Alberto Ibargüen Speaks at Free Press Summit

Alberto Ibargüen, President of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, spoke at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action. The summit, held at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010, focused on the future of journalism and the Internet. To find speaker transcripts and more information, go to www.freepress.net/summit.

Jehmu Greene Speaks at the Free Press Summit

Jehmu Greene, executive director of the Women’s Media Center, gave a keynote address at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action. The summit, held at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010, focused on the future of journalism and the Internet. To find speaker transcripts and more information, go to www.freepress.net/summit.

Free Press Derek Turner and Sen. Byron Dorgan Speak at Free Press Summit

Sen. Byron Dorgan (DN.D.) spoke to about the future of media and the importance of an open Internet at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2010. In his introduction, Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner outlined his analysis of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposal for reclassifying broadband [...]

Josh Silver Speaks at the Free Press Summit

Josh Silver, president and CEO of Free Press, opened the 2nd annual Free Press policy summit, focusing on the future of public media, journalism and the Internet . The Summit was held at the Newseum in Washington, DC on May 11, 2010. For speaker transcripts and more information, go to www.freepress.net/summit

Sen. Dorgan: The ‘Big Lie’ About the Internet

Sen. Byron Dorgan expressed his support for Net Neutrality and the FCC’s move to reclassify broadband at the Free Press policy summit in DC on Tuesday, May 11. He also pushed back against the industry lobby’s scare campaign to paint the FCC’s actions as an attempt to “takeover the Internet.” For more, visit www.SavetheInternet.com.

FCCs Mignon Clyburn Speaks at Free Press Summit

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn gave a keynote address at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action, on May 11, 2010. The summit, which focused on the future of journalism and the Internet, was held at the Newseum in Washington, DC To find speaker transcripts and more information, go to www.freepress.net/summit

Clyburn Calls for More Public Hearings on Comcast-NBCU Merger

At the Free Press Summit on May 11, 2010, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn called for a series of public hearings on the Comcast-NBC Universal merger. Clyburn said the FCC has the ability “to hold more than one hearing in places where consumers will be directly affected…by this landmark — and we recognize it’s a landmark [...]

Ideas into Action Across the Nation-Part 3

Media makers and activists across the country are putting their ideas into action to build a more just, diverse, and accountable media system. This video series, shown at the Free Press Summit 2010, uses the power of the open Internet to showcase eight Skype interviews with media activists set to the music of YouTube mashup [...]

Ideas into Action Across the Nation-Part 2

Media makers and activists across the country are putting their ideas into action to build a more just, diverse, and accountable media system. This video series, shown at the Free Press Summit 2010, uses the power of the open Internet to showcase eight Skype interviews with media activists set to the music of YouTube mashup [...]

Ideas into Action Across the Nation-Part 1

Media makers and activists across the country are putting their ideas into action to build a more just, diverse, and accountable media system. This video series, shown at the Free Press Summit 2010, uses the power of the open Internet to showcase eight Skype interviews with media activists set to the music of YouTube mashup [...]

Will the FCC Chairman Protect the Internet?

In early April, an outrageous court decision handed control of the Internet to companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon. The FCC can fix this mistake by reasserting its authority over the Internet and creating strong Net Neutrality rules, but so far it’s done nothing. Will FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make the right choice and protect [...]