• In Defense of Journalism Policy

    Josh Stearns
    October 30, 2009

    Today’s Washington Post op-ed by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols recovers a past too many Americans have forgotten and sets the record straight on the government’s role in protecting journalism.

    “We seek to renew a rich if largely forgotten legacy of the American free-press tradition, one that speaks directly to today's crisis,” they write. “The First Amendment necessarily prohibits state censorship, but it does not prevent citizens from using their government to subsidize and spawn independent media.”

  • Net Neutrality: What Women Really Want

    Mary Alice Crim
    October 30, 2009

    Net Neutrality is a women’s issue – and some of the country’s leading feminist groups are speaking out.

  • Time for Net Neutrality

    Rep. Ed Markey
    October 30, 2009

    Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a historic step towards developing new rules to safeguard the free and open nature of the Internet, fulfilling a key campaign promise of President Obama's and kicking off a process that has been years in the making.

  • Clyburn Stands with the Public on Net Neutrality

    Megan Tady
    October 29, 2009

    FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn expressed her enthusiastic support for Net Neutrality last week, during the agency’s announcement of proposed new rules for all wired and wireless networks.

    Here’s a highlight of Clyburn’s opening speech at the FCC meeting:

  • AT&T Customers Can Expect Even Higher Fees

    Josh Levy
    October 29, 2009

    AT&T is threatening to punish customers by imposing higher fees on users who consume more data through its wireless service.

    Head of AT&T Mobility Ralph de la Vega claims that a small minority of customers is responsible for the majority of data usage:

  • Feminist Majority Foundation Supports Net Neutrality

    Megan Tady
    October 29, 2009

    The Feminist Majority Foundation joined dozens of other groups by sending a letter to the FCC in support of Net Neutrality. The group's letter follows:

    Dear FCC Commissioners,

  • Public Media: Front and Center at the Future of News

    Candace Clement
    October 28, 2009

    This post originally appeared on www.NewPublicMedia.org.

    Throughout the country and across the political divide, there has been a surge of support lately for a national investment in journalism. Meeting the information needs of our communities has become what the Twitter folks would call “a trending topic.”

    In fact, this month alone saw the release of two major reports on the state of journalism and newsgathering in the United States.

  • Jon Stewart on Net Neutrality

    Megan Tady
    October 27, 2009

    Did you see the Daily Show last night?

    Jon Stewart lampooned politicians who have come out against Net Neutrality, including Sen. John McCain, who introduced a bill that would derail the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules.

    McCain also happens to receive more telco cash than any other member of Congress. Isn’t that interesting?

  • Journalism Co-Ops

    Josh Stearns
    October 26, 2009

    What happens when the institutions we depend on – the ones supposedly “too big to fail” – begin to fail us? The unsustainable drive toward ever greater profits has undermined our society’s’ core institutions: health care, banks and now, journalism.

  • John McCain's 'Series of Tubes'

    Timothy Karr
    October 25, 2009

    The "Maverick" just played his hand on Net Neutrality, and the cards reveal a man who's outsider image doesn't quite add up.

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