April 27 in #LosAngeles: “Good Grief – Who’s Going to Cover LA Now?” Media Reform Summit

You’re invited to the 6^th Annual LA Media Reform Summit at Occidental College

Good Grief – Who’s Going to Cover LA Now?

We wanted you to be the first to know about this year’s event. We’re focusing on a local issue: the LA Times. With the paper possibly looking at new ownership as its parent company emerges from bankruptcy, will a rumored buyout by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. or the Koch Brothers improve the paper’s news coverage? Would a different merger, sale, or consolidation better serve the community? If not, how will Angelenos get their local government news coverage – what will be the consequences of that shift?

This half day summit will study these issues and bring to light new ideas for how to make LA news better.

#ICYMI Video via @mediabistro: Christiane Amanpour’s First Big Break

She is one of the most recognizable foreign correspondents on network television today. But did you know Christiane Amanpour’s journey to the front lines of reporting included a stint as a graphics coordinator at a local NBC station?

In this episode of My First Big Break, Christiane Amanpour talks about how first big break, escaping the Iranian revolution with her family, started a journey that took her from WJAR in Providence, RI, all the way to the front lines of the first Gulf War as a reporter for CNN.

Video via @NortonPhoto: SoCal skate photographers discuss Instagram

Professional skate photographers Grant Brittain (The Skateboard Mag) and Mike Blabac (DC Shoes) talk about how they have embraced Instagram. Note: This was filmed BEFORE the policy change announcement on December 17, 2012.

Photos featured are from the Instagram feeds of Brittain (@grantbrittain) and Blabac (@blabacphoto)

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Video via @RadioRookies: How to do “vox pop” (people on the street) interviews

Radio Rookies is a New York Public Radio initiative that provides teenagers with the tools and training to create radio stories about themselves, their communities and their world.

Video: @HuellHowser retiring

Read more here:

• Fishbowl LA: LA Media Catch Up to Huell Howser Retirement Story
• LA Observed: Well would you look at this: Huell Howser to retire *
• Los Angeles Magazine: Look At This! Oh My Gosh! Huell Howser Retires

Video via @KPCC: Great Moments in #PubRadio Romance

Our love affair with public radio burns bright on the big screen. Do you have a deep affection for your little radio friend? If so, you should support us.

November 13 & 14 @PacificaRadio Archives National Broadcast [video]

Tuesday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 14 Pacifica Radio Stations KPFA, KPFK, KPFT, WBAI and WPFW will devote their broadcast days to historic programs from the Pacifica Radio Archives.

Video via @FMmovie: Bain Capital, Clear Channel & the Downfall of Radio

The internet didn’t kill radio, commercial radio is killing itself.  Ever wonder why über-corporations like Clear Channel can take over local radio stations, fire your favorite DJ and ignore the local music movements?  How can they make money when fewer and fewer people listen?  Private Equity firms such as Bain Capital have destroyed radio and made handsome profits along the way.

 

UPDATED! Oct. 14: @LA_Indymedia Film Night with “Precious Knowledge”

In the spirit of furthering understanding and communication within and between our many communities LA Indymedia brings Film-Night back with the film “Precious Knowledge”.

 Oct 14, 2012 at 7:00pm

Location: 2511 s Barrington, #100 at Gateway Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

“Precious Knowledge” is an important documentary that exposes the blatant racism that the State Superintendent of Education in Arizona recently displayed in cutting out the successful ethnic-studies program at Tucson High School. The film follows the lives of four students and several teachers as they fight to save their classes and the program that became an educational lifeline for them.

Audio from Listen Up #Los Angeles on World Listening Day

The storytelling collective Listen Up, Los Angeles! hosted an evening of listening at Avenue 50 Studio in the neighborhood of Highland Park. We were also joined by our friends from Southern California Sound Ecology, and approximately 50 members of our community.