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Adbusters
www.adbusters.org
A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.
Alternet
www.alternet.org
AlterNet is an award-winning news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of dozens of other independent media sources. AlterNet's aim is to inspire citizen action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, and health care issues.
Center for Media and Democracy
www.prwatch.org
The nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy strengthens participatory democracy by investigating and exposing public relations spin and propaganda, and by promoting media literacy and citizen journalism, media "of, by and for the people." Their programs include PR Watch, a quarterly investigative journal; six books by CMD staff; Spin of the Day; the Weekly Spin listserv; and, Congresspedia and SourceWatch, part of their wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative to which anyone, including you, can contribute.
Common Craft
www.commoncraft.com
Common Craft is a passionate company whose product is explanation. They make short whiteboard-and-paper format videos that are simple and focused on making complex ideas easy to understand. Check out some examples here.
Democracy Now
www.democracynow.org
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 450 stations in North America. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network
Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV
Link TV ch. 375); as a "podcast," and on the internet.
GOOD
www.goodmagazine.com
Through a print magazine, feature and documentary films, original multimedia content and local events, GOOD is providing a platform for the ideas, people, and businesses that are driving change in the world.
Grist
www.grist.org>
"Gloom and doom with a sense of humor" - environmental news and humor.
IMDB - Ask a filmmaker
http://us.imdb.com/indie/ask
A column devoted to your questions and concerns about the filmmaking process.
Media Channel
www.mediachannel.org
MediaChannel is concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. MediaChannel exists to provide information and diverse perspectives and inspire debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement.
Ode
www.odemagazine.com
Ode is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.
Orion
www.orionmagazine.org
A website and bi-monthly magazine focused on nature, culture, and the environment, set up to to re-establish balance between scientific and spiritual worldviews.
Utne
www.utne.com
UTNE READER reprints the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and trends emerging in our culture
Wired
www.wired.com
Extensive information and blogs on new developments in media and technology, especially the Web.
World Changing
www.worldchanging.com
WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise
that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.