Moderator Helen DeMichiel of NAMAC (National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture) leads this panel discussion about locally produced media rooted in geographic communities engaged with building those communities and linked to existing historical cultural centers. Panelists include Louis Massiah, Scribe Media Center, Loris Ann Taylor, Center for Native American Public Radio, Fred Johnson, UMass-Boston gives an overview of community media nation-wide and Pamela Colby of Minneapolis Telecommunications Network. Download this mp3 from the Media Reform Conference Web site.

Moderator Cynthia Carrion of MNN Youth Channel heads up this panel of youth media producers including Hana Georg, Radio Rootz, Dulce Mora, RadioArte, Paul Billingsly, YO! Youth Outlook, and Machlyn Blair of Appalshop. Download this mp3 from the Media Reform Conference Web site.

Moderator Juana Ponce de Leon, Director of Independent Press Association leads a discussion that provides US-wide context for the rise of ethnic media. Panelists include Sarwat Husain, Al-Ittihad News talking about the influence of ethnic media on advertising, Vivian Merchant of the bilingual newspaper La Prensa Latina that plays an advocacy role in the Memphis, TN area, and Kevin Weston of New America Media. Download this mp3 from the Media Reform Conference Web site.

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Roberto Lovato of New America Media sets the tone for this wide-ranging discussion of the immigration rights movement and the media: history, globalization, the blogosphere and language. Joining Lovato is Erubiel Valladares Carranza, technical director of low power radio KPCN in Oregon and Deepa Fernandez, WBAI-FM morning host and director of a media training center for immigrants and youth in New York City. Download this mp3 from the Media Reform Conference Web site.

"If we lose the future now, we’ll never get it back"--Bill Moyers. View two 30 minute videos of the Moyers keynote address along with audio of all the sessions from the January 12-14, 2007 Media Reform Conference in Memphis, TN.