Wednesday, May 28, 2008

TTT#0822-MediaReform#2

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Hundreds of trench workers in alternative and grassroots media will come together for the National Conference on Media Reform with powerhouses in the field – Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman, Arianna Huffington, Phil Donohue, Robert McChesney, Juan Gonzalez, Laura Flanders, Tim Wu, Rosa Clemente, and FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein. We will be talking with all of them and more – live and later on tape – when TTT goes LIVE from the Minneapolis Convention Center Friday, June 6th, and recorded on the 7th and 8th...AND...Democracy Day June 5th - the day before – will look at electoral reform and similar issues. But, media reform begins at home and continues long after the conferences. This week’s preview will talk about what steps local grassroots media types plan to take to make our local media relevant to the Twin Cities and its real people. CALL US: 612-341-0980 TTT’s Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen will talk with planners and reformers here and nationally to talk about the Media Reform and Democracy Day events coming up – and the work we expect to do when everyone else leaves town. GUESTS: • NANCY DOYLE BROWN – Twin Cities Media Alliance and organizer of a post-conference Reform Action Group. • BRANDON LACY CAMPOS– Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution & Democracy Day organizer • CRAIG AARON, Free Press Communications Director OTHERS POSSIBLE: • AMY GOODMAN, KFAI's DemocracyNOW! • ROBERT MCCHESNEY, Free Press Co-Founder KFAI Radio, 90.3 Minneapolis /106.7 St. Paul / Streamed at KFAI.org A CivicMedia/Minnesota production

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