Show me the money!
This comes from Facebook, and with a hat tip to Raul Pacheco. In a climate of mainstream media collapse, this should be an interesting and possibly heated event. Two notes: name links were added by me, and Charlie Smith really needs to get control of his google-osity, because the first two solid pages of results are complaints about him with not one direct link to his work or his company. Ouch!
At this critical time when the new media environment is being molded and the traditional news industry is in a state of decline, creative approaches to journalism are urgently needed.
Yet politicians and policy makers are poised to further support the big conglomerates that got us into this mess in the first place. Canwest and other corporate media may even get a government bailout. At the same time, CBC is slashing jobs and programming under unprecedented cuts, and there is no end in sight.
-If news financed by big business is failing, what alternatives do we have?
-What role could/should CBC play?
-What other models for media are available?
-What can we do?
Vancouver’s leading independent media makers lead a panel and discussion about proposed government bailouts of corporate media, the impacts of cuts to the public broadcaster, and exciting alternative models for media.
Featuring:
Charlie Smith, Editor, The Georgia Straight
Marika Swan, Interim Manager, Redwire Native Youth Media
Colin Preston, Library Coordinator & Canadian Media Guild Secretary for CBC Vancouver
Linda Solomon, Founder and Editor, Vancouver Observertune in to the live webstream at 7 pm Pacific Time, 10 PM Eastern: http://www.cjsf.ca:9010
Suggested Donation $7 in advance, $12 at the door
no one turned away for lack of funds.Snacks will be served thanks to donations by the East Van Food Coop and Theresa’s Cafe
bus tickets available thanks to the Bus Driver’s Union (CAW local 111)
Free childcare available onsite with advance request
Seating is limited! To save your spot, please R.S.V.P. by net, phone, or email:
to register online: http://moneymedia.eventbrite.com/
by email: naava.smolash [at] gmail.com
by phone: (604) 875-8455 (please leave a message)
The event is at the VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main St. near 3rd, close to Main Street/Science World Skytrain.
raincoaster media 
kk+
May 26, 2009
charlie prolly likes it that way! :p
raincoaster
May 26, 2009
Yeah, but two pages of bitching about him outranking his own newspaper? That can’t be good!