NMMLP's Candelario Vasquez interviews Roberto Lovato on Ch. 27

The New Mexico Media Literacy Project has been working with community partners in our Siembra La Palabra Digna campaign to eliminate hate speech in our local, national, and global media.

Rallying the community last week, Roberto Lovato, writer and cofounder of Presente.org, on his national Bastadobbs.com tour, teamed up with NMMLP in visiting local community groups, journalists, community leaders, and the UNM community. The goal was to raise consciousness about the national campaign to hold CNN accountable for Lou Dobbs' brand of journalism, which is fueling the rise of anti-Latino hate crimes across the country.

Jessica Cassyle Carr recently blogged her thoughts about Dobbs and hate speech for www.alibi.com. To read more please click here.

At the local level NMMLP is continuing to work with social justice and media justice groups to build a strong network around issues like hate speech, media access, and media policy and reform through the Media Action Grassroots Network.

The Local Community Radio Act was passed out of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet on October 8 in a sweeping 15 to 1 vote. The Act will allow for the creation of hundreds of new, low power FM (LPFM) radio stations that would broadcast community news and local perspectives to neighborhoods across the country.  For more information please visit the Prometheus Radio Project website.

Advertising dominates our world. In our media, in our schools, in our communities, the values of commercial advertising permeate many aspects of our lives. It is that time of year again when concerned youths can talk back to advertisers by participating in the New Mexico Media Literacy Project's Bad Ad and Counter Ad contests.

Here's how the contests work: Interested youth select a current advertisement or advertising campaign that they find annoying, misleading, or offensive, and "talk back" to the ad by deconstructing the bad ad or creating a counter ad.

2009 Bad Ad Contest
Find a bad ad in a magazine, newspaper, or other print source.  Write an essay about why it's bad and how it could be better.

- Contest rules
- Scoring guidelines
- Entry form
- Sample bad ad and essay
- See the winning entries in last year's contest

Winners in each age category receive $100. 
Runners-up receive $50.


2009 Counter Ad Contest
Take an ad and change it into a counter ad, delivering a more truthful
and constructive message using altered images, words, or persuasion techniques.

- Contest rules
- Scoring guidelines
- Entry form
- Sample counter ads
- See the winning entries in last year's contest

Winners in each age category receive $100.  Runners-up receive $50.

New Mexico Media Literacy Project Executive Director Andrea Quijada was featured in the most recent edition of the MADCo News - a bi-monthly report from the Media and Democracy Coalition.

The article discusses some of the ongoing work of NMMLP and Quijada. To read the complete feature please click here.

Media & Body Image analyzes the differences between ads that target females and males, discusses the ideas surrounding “ideal” beauty for females and males, and explores how body image and the media affect eating disorders and dieting.

Media & Body Image sells for $49 and can be purchased at the NMMLP Online Store or by calling 505-828-3129.

New Mexico Media Literacy Project may be visiting your area soon! Please contact us if you would like a presentation in your community. Our upcoming plans include:

October:
16, Albuquerque, NM: NMMLP hosts Indy Media Show on Community Access Channel 27 at 7 p.m. MST. For live online streaming video please click here
27, Santa Domingo Pueblo, NM: Media Literacy and Nutrition Presentation at the Santa Domingo Middle School
27-28, Albuquerque, NM: Presentation and Exhibit at the School Health Education Institute Conference

November:
1, Albuquerque, NM: NMMLP participates at the Dia de los Muertos Festival
3-6, Albuquerque, NM: Media Action Grassroots Network Training for NMMLP
17, Watertown, SD: Media Literacy and Tobacco Presentations for Human Service Agency
18-20, Helena, MT: NMMLP participates in Strategic Planning for Montana Office of Public Instruction
20, Albuquerque, NM: NMMLP hosts Indy Media Show on Community Access Channel 27 at 7 p.m. MST. For live online streaming video please click here