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Free Media Activists Tools

by Friend of Free Press
Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to improve democracy in the U.S. media system.

If you go to their website you can download free and helpful information.
What is available with quicklinks:

Media Policy 101
This 16-page booklet overviews symptoms and causes of media problems, and outlines solutions for changing the system. http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/media_101.pdf

Media Reform Action Guide
This 68-page booklet gives step-by-step instructions for media reform strategies that get results, from writing a Letter to the Editor to setting up meetings with legislators. http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/action_guide.pdf

Mobilizing Media Reform
This 14-minute video addresses the problems that plague our media system, examines their causes and effects, and suggests ways in which we as citizens can bring about change. (View Online)
http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/mmr.php
Quicktime High Bandwidth http://www.freepress.net/multimedia/MMR-high.mp4
Quicktime Medium Bandwidth http://www.freepress.net/multimedia/MMR-lo.mp4
RealVideo High Bandwidth: http://www.freepress.net/multimedia/MMR-high.rm
RealVideo Low Bandwidth: http://www.freepress.net/multimedia/MMR-med.rm
RealVideo Very-Low Bandwidth: http://www.freepress.net/multimedia/MMR-low.rm

10 Things Big Media Doesn't Want You to Know
This document — a flier version of the brochure with the same name — uncovers the dirt on some of Big Media's worst abuses. http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/10things.pdf

10 Questions About Media to Ask Every Candidate and Elected Official
This document — a flier version of the brochure with the same name — frames the important media issues all candidates and elected officials should address. http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/10questions.pdf

Waging the Media Battle
This 5-page essay by Robert W. McChesney debunks myths about our media system and highlights the importance of fighting for change. http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/waging_battle.pdf

Free Press Signup Sheets
Use these forms to recruit others to help in the fight for media reform by joining the Free Press E-Activist List. http://www.freepress.net/action/tools/signup.pdf

The latest edition of Media Reform News, the newsletter from Free Press.
http://www.freepress.net/docs/mrnews_v1n2.pdf

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