Meet Me in Memphis

Meet me in Memphis
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation, AUTHOR: Charles Benton]
[Commentary] Later this week, media activists, policymakers, scholars, students, artists, and all kinds of concerned citizens will gather to discuss the future of communications in America. Will journalists be there? Or will the strong -- and growing -- media reform movement be 2007’s most undercovered story? Attendees at the National Conference on Media Reform “get it.” They understand that the Media sets the agenda, frames it and can limit it. They understand that although there are many important issues ­ the environment, health, public safety, education, poverty, campaign finance reform -- Media is the thread that links them all. For it is the editorial decisions of media outlet owners, editors and journalists that determines what we see, hear, and read. In their hands lies citizens’ ability to get their message out and make a difference. At stake is who controls what we see, hear, and read. At stake is our ability to get our message out and make a difference. At stake is nothing less than the health of our democracy. So, members of the mainstream and trade press, Meet me in Memphis.
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