Panel on Grassroots Media in an Increasingly Digital World

<p>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"drupalimc_large","fid":"12909","attributes":{"alt":"Panel on Grassroots Media in an Increasingly Digital World","class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This panel took place at the Left Forum in 2015.&nbsp;<br>Abstract:<br>All forms of media have increasingly been moving online over the past two decades and that trend is not likely to stop anytime soon. So how should grassroots media makers respond to both the opportunities and challenges posed by this situation. And while it may be counter-intuitive, is there a potential upside to going against the grain and not fully embracing the digital age? Three grassroots media activists will discuss these questions in conversation with Todd Wolfson, author of Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left, a history of the rise and fall of Indymedia, a global network of more than 200 locally-based media collectives that was an early pioneer in digitally-based media activism.<br><br>Sponsoring Journal: The Indypendent<br><br>panel:<br><br>John Tarleton is the executive editor and co-founder of The Indypendent. He also served as an editor on the nyc.indymedia.org website from 2001-2008.<br><br>&nbsp;Todd Wolfson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. Trained as a socio-cultural anthropologist, his research focuses on the convergence of new media and social movements and he is author of the recently published book Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left. Todd is also a co-founder of the Media Mobilizing Project.<br><br>&nbsp;Milena Velis is the Media Production Director at the Media Mobilizing Project (www.mediamobilizing.org), which uses media and communications as a core strategy for building a movement of poor and working people in Philadelphia and beyond. Milena has worked as a local news reporter for Al Día, a Philadelphia-based Spanish-language weekly newspaper. Previously, she worked with the Prometheus Radio Project to build new community radio stations around the US.<br><br>&nbsp;Mario A. Murillo is a journalist who has worked in commercial, public, and community radio for more than a quarter century. He is also an associate professor of journalism at Hofstra University. Last year, he returned to his roots in community radio by agreeing to serve as program director at WBAI-99.5 FM where he is actively looking for ways to strengthen the station’s digital presence.<br><br>Susan Galloway is a member of the Rochester Indymedia collective since 2006.&nbsp; She does videography, editing and writing for their website.&nbsp; She participated in produced, filmed and edited a Rochester Indymedia cable access show for several years.<br>&nbsp;</p>

<p><div class="media media-element-container media-drupalimc_large"><div id="file-12909" class="file file-video file-video-youtube"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/file/12909">Panel on Grassroots Media in an Increasingly Digital World</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="media-youtube-video media-image media-youtube-10"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" width="620" height="480" title="Panel on Grassroots Media in an Increasingly Digital World" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7aNqI9lGjz0?wmode=opaque&controls=" name="Panel on Grassroots Media in an Increasingly Digital World" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Panel on Grassroots Media in an Increasingly Digital World</iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div></p> <p> </p> <p>This panel took place at the Left Forum in 2015. <br />Abstract:<br />All forms of media have increasingly been moving online over the past two decades and that trend is not likely to stop anytime soon. So how should grassroots media makers respond to both the opportunities and challenges posed by this situation. And while it may be counter-intuitive, is there a potential upside to going against the grain and not fully embracing the digital age? Three grassroots media activists will discuss these questions in conversation with Todd Wolfson, author of Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left, a history of the rise and fall of Indymedia, a global network of more than 200 locally-based media collectives that was an early pioneer in digitally-based media activism.<br /><br />Sponsoring Journal: The Indypendent<br /><br />panel:<br /><br />John Tarleton is the executive editor and co-founder of The Indypendent. He also served as an editor on the nyc.indymedia.org website from 2001-2008.<br /><br /> Todd Wolfson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. Trained as a socio-cultural anthropologist, his research focuses on the convergence of new media and social movements and he is author of the recently published book Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left. Todd is also a co-founder of the Media Mobilizing Project.<br /><br /> Milena Velis is the Media Production Director at the Media Mobilizing Project (<a href="http://www.mediamobilizing.org">www.mediamobilizing.org</a>), which uses media and communications as a core strategy for building a movement of poor and working people in Philadelphia and beyond. Milena has worked as a local news reporter for Al Día, a Philadelphia-based Spanish-language weekly newspaper. Previously, she worked with the Prometheus Radio Project to build new community radio stations around the US.<br /><br /> Mario A. Murillo is a journalist who has worked in commercial, public, and community radio for more than a quarter century. He is also an associate professor of journalism at Hofstra University. Last year, he returned to his roots in community radio by agreeing to serve as program director at WBAI-99.5 FM where he is actively looking for ways to strengthen the station’s digital presence.<br /><br />Susan Galloway is a member of the Rochester Indymedia collective since 2006.  She does videography, editing and writing for their website.  She participated in produced, filmed and edited a Rochester Indymedia cable access show for several years.<br /> </p>