Independent media

Here are some of our favorite websites featuring independent media.

AdBusters
www.adbusters.org
AdBusters is a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.  Their site contains international news features, forums, information on current campaigns and a culture jamming gallery.

Alliance for Community Media
www.alliancecm.org
This site includes public affairs issues, community media resources and information on community media events around the nation.

AlterNet
www.alternet.org
AlterNet’s site is dedicated to news and issues often not heard in the mass media and also includes a place to discuss their stories.

Cable Access Centers Database
www.bevcam.org/peg/alpha.htm
Public and educational cable access centers by state.

Community Technology Centers Network
www.ctcnet.org
CTCNet is a non-profit organization of over 1000 community technology centers.  This site includes ways to get involved with CTCNet, how to become a member and publications and links to other on-line resources.

Cultural Energy
http://culturalenergy.org/teenmedia.htm
Cultural Energy is a non-profit organization devoted to creating media voices for youth, the arts and activism.  The site allows you to listen to the show, view on-line zines and video segments.

Democracy Now
www.democracynow.org
You can watch and listen to Democracy Now with host Amy Goodman on this site, locate a station near you, visit the archives and read the headlines.

Empowerment Project 
www.empowermentproject.org
In an attempt to democratize the mass media, this group provides facilities, training, and other support for independent producers, artists, activists, and organizations.

The Global Village CAT
www.communitymedia.se/cat/index.htm
This site provides links to 700 community and public access television sites.

Gumbo Pages for Non-Commercial Radio
www.gumbopages.com/other-radio.html
This web page is comprised of non-commercial radio listings around the US and worldwide.

Independent Media Center 
www.indymedia.org
This collective of media producers offers non-corporate, grassroots coverage of national events.  You can also find links to worldwide indy media centers.

Listen Up! (PBS)
www.pbs.org/merrow/listenup/
Empowering youth through media activism (including critical viewing and production) is the focus of this site.  It includes more than 150 youth-produced pieces of media as well as pamphlets on how to create and distribute PSAs.

Media Channel
www.mediachannel.org
A weekly website devoted to featuring political and cultural coverage of the best in alternative media from around the globe, with an emphasis on media’s role in covering international affairs.

Mother Jones
www.motherjones.com
On this site you can read news, commentary, visit the arts section and sign up to receive their e-newsletters.

The Nation
www.thenation.com
The Nation’s site contains a blog, articles from the magazine and a section on current campaigns and ways to take action.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
www.namac.org
NAMAC is a national association of non-profit organizations and individuals committed to furthering the media arts: film, video, audio and digital.  Their website has resources for networking, building coalitions, expanding media arts in your community and links and articles on current issues in the field of media arts.

Paper Tiger Television
www.papertiger.org
This site offers “ROAR”, the Paper Tiger TV guide to media activism, along with information on current projects and a long list of alternative media resources.

Prometheus Radio Project
www.prometheusradio.org
Find out about ways to take action in order to free the airwaves, get information on the FCC, low-power radio, learn about their project and get radio facts on this website.

Youth Channel
www.youthchannel.org/
Youth Channel shows work by youth and for youth.  You can watch the channel on their website and access youth media resources.

Youth Outlook
www.youthoutlook.org/news/
YO! trains young writers in skills required for interviewing, reporting and fiction writing as well as photography, computers and radio production.  Their site includes news stories, poetry, comics and a photo gallery all created by youth.

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