Be The Media

BE THE MEDIA to co-sponsor NewsTools 2008 at Yahoo!

Journalism's ideals meet Silicon Valley's tools in a three-day, conceptual mashup for journalists, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

The organizing question is "What can we create at the intersection of journalism and technology to support the well-being of democracy?"

BE THE MEDIA is a co-sponsor of the conference, providing stipends to a handful of journalism and communications students in a "BE THE MEDIA Fellows" program.

The NewsTools unconference is facilitated by Kaliya Hamlin. Participants create their own agenda - inventing, sharing, and pursuing ideas, projects, systems, or solutions for sustaining journalism that matters in a connected world.

JOURNALISM THAT MATTERS is a think tank for the future of journalism that hosts conversations with a purpose. According to their site, "The point is to recommit journalism to what is fundamental for connecting news with its audience so that it serves and sustains us."

Want to learn more about becoming a citizen journalist?
See chapter 14 (We Media) of BE THE MEDIA:

California Democratic State Senate Candidate's Forum

Come, listen, learn about and meet our next California State Senator.    

Democratic candidates for California's 3rd Senatorial District will meet for a public forum in Marin County, CA.

The district includes Marin and portions of Sonoma and San Francisco counties.

Participants include the incumbent, CA State Senator Carole Migden, and the announced Democratic candidates Assemblyman Mark Leno and Former San Francisco Assemblyman Joe Nation.

Click on the link above to view CBS Channel 5's coverage of the previous event on September 27th.

The Candidate's Forum will be moderated by David Mathison, publisher of Be The Media.

The forum will be on Thursday, April 24 at 7:00pm at the College of Marin's Olney Hall in Kentfield. 

This event is hosted by the 6th Assembly District Democrats Club and
the College of Marin's Students for Social Responsibility.

Co-sponsors include the California Clean Money Campaign; Committee to Stop the Spray, Marin; CD6 Students for Barack Obama; Democratic Central Committee of Marin; Democracy for America, Marin; Green Coalition; Health Care for All; National Women's Progressive Caucus; Novato Democratic Club; Progressive Democrats of Marin; Progressive Democrats Sonoma County; Progressive Perspectives; Sonoma Valley Democratic Club.

The public is encouraged to attend and the event is free. For more information, contact Evelyn Woo, Chair, 6th AD Democrats.

Film: War Made Easy and Q&A with Norman Solomon

Announcing a benefit for Media Alliance, co-presented by Media Alliance and Media Action Marin.

Watch Norman Solomon's film "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death." The film is narrated by Academy Award-winner Sean Penn.

Following the film, BE THE MEDIA publisher David Mathison will moderate a question and answer session with author and media critic Norman Solomon.

See the latest ABC News article on the film and Sean Penn here.
More about the Book here.
About the Movie.
View more video clips.

Saturday April 5, 2008 at 4:00pm, doors open at 3:30pm.
Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Avenue
Larkspur, CA
Tickets are $10 to $15, sliding scale.

To learn how to create your own independent film
See chapters 6 and 7 of BE THE MEDIA: