Center for Media Justice

The Center for Media Justice (est.2008) is an American nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, focused on "communications strategy and media policy ... for grassroots organizations serving communities of color and America’s poor." The group provides "training, resources, and support to grassroots community organizing groups ... to develop ... participatory communications and media activism strategies that support ... racial justice, economic equity, and human rights."[1] Its current director is Malkia Cyril.[2]

Background

The center began in 2001 as the Youth Media Council, devoted to "media capacity building, strategic coordination, and media accountability."[3][4] It published several research studies that analyzed bias in local news coverage of social issues such as youth, crime, and poverty.[5] The Center views net neutrality as a 21st-century civil rights issue and believes a free, open Internet is crucial. The organization's vision explains, "Media Justice has been achieved when the media and cultural environment results in connected communities, fair economies, racial justice and human rights for all people, and lifts up the voices of communities of color, low-income families, low-wage workers, LGBT communities, women, and all those whose voices are raised, but remain unheard."[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Center for Media Justice. About. Retrieved 2011-10-07
  2. ↑ Tehea Robie. Queer Oakland: Malkia Cyril's official story. Oakland Local, November 03, 2010
  3. ↑ Robin Mansell, Marc Raboy. The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy. John Wiley and Sons, 2011 ISBN 978-1-4051-9871-4
  4. ↑ Megan Boler. Digital media and democracy: tactics in hard times. MIT Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0262514897
  5. ↑ Nadine Dolby, Fazal Rizvi. Youth moves: identities and education in global perspective. Taylor & Francis, 2008 ISBN 978-0415955638
  6. ↑ Center for Media Justice. Our Vision

Further reading

Published by the Youth Media Council

External links


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