Media Frenzy Event

Article in Philadelphia Weekly.

PROGRAM:

Friday, January 14th, 2005, 6pm to 10pm

Calvary United Methodist Church 48th & Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia

What will you find here?

• Check in with local organizers to hear about their latest projects.
• Find new opportunities to be creative and get involved.
• Discover an unknown talent!
• Meet with local & out of town activists who are fighting the same fight.
• Don't miss this unique opportunity to plug in !!!

Program Schedule Center Stage

6:00- 7:00- Open Turntable Sets- Sick of the recycled pop garbage spewing from your radio these days? YOU be the DJ! Come early. First come, first served sign up for your 15 minute set.

7:00- 7:35- Video Screening – Introduction by Inja Coates of Media Tank. Ohio/Nov2: Standing in the Rain with Jim Crow. This is a 25 minute documentary by Linda Byrket showing civil rights violations and efforts to keep Black and poor voters from voting in Ohio.

7:35- 7:45- Selena Musuta- DC Correspondent- Free Speech Radio News Ms. Musuta will give a run-down of the upcoming activities in Washington surrounding the inauguration and ways for local media activists to plug in!

7:45- 8:20- More Open Turntable Sets!

8:20 to 8:50- the Dialects -w- Radio Volta DJ Sensistar on the Turntables

8:50 to 9:20- Ultradolphins

9:20 to 9:50- Bridge Made of Bats

9:50 to 10:00- Rant on Video Screening

Side Stage Activities

(Ongoing from 6:00 to 9:00, with a brief hiatus during the video screening at 7:00)

Open Publishing Demo- the Philly IMC encourages people to become the media by posting their articles, photos, video, audio clips and artwork directly to the web site. Learn how to post your stories.

Radio Journalism Workshop- Learn the basics of field recording using a minidisc recorder & PC-based audio editing software by gathering station ID's for Radio Volta.

Rant on Video- Got something on your mind? Share it! Attendees will have 90 seconds to say what they feel on video about the current state of affairs. Results will be compiled and screened by the conclusion of the event.

File Sharing Demo- Bring a CD and learn how to use this new technology to download music and movies from the internet

Activities will be broadcast LIVE throughout the Church on 89.1 FM via the Boombox Sound System.

Yummy snacks for sale by the student workers of the Urban Nutrition Initiative! BE THE MEDIA !!!

Last year over 2 million citizens submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission when they voted to remove the few remaining restrictions on media ownership concentration. One thing is clear, people's needs are not being met by the current corporate dominated media system. Community based media is the antidote to the current system that exists to serve the needs of advertisers & shareholders over the needs of citizen consumers. Philadelphia is a hotbed of community media activism with groups working on national policy reform, as well as the transformation of the local media landscape.

Participating Organizations

the Defenestrator- www.defenestrator.org œ Downhill Battle- www.downhillbattle.org œ Media Tank- www.mediatank.org œ Philadelphia Community Access Coalition- www.phillyaccess.org œ Philadelphia Independent Media Center- www.phillyimc.org œ Prometheus Radio Project- www.prometheusradio.org œ Radio Volta- www.radiovolta.org œ Urban Nutrition Initiative- www.urbannutrition.org

Philadelphia Independent Media Frenzy

-a participatory media- -uprising-

Friday, January 14th, 2005 6pm to 10pm

In the Gymnasium of Calvary United Methodist Church

48th & Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia
to top