[IMC-US] Re: Where are we at w/ press release?

Mon Nov 1 09:59:04 CST 2004

We can't find the latest version. Andy had suggested changes. He said some 
of it sounded like hyperbole. Did you work on it since his message?

d.o.

>From: Ana Nogueira <ana at riseup.net>
>Reply-To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
>To: Tribal Scribal <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com>, <imc-us at ucimc.org>
>Subject: [IMC-US] Re: Where are we at w/ press release?
>Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 10:26:37 -0500
>
>So it hasn¹t gone out yet? When I get to work, I have a small list there,
>but I think its mostly tv people who are unlikely to pick this up. I don¹t
>think I can help with finding press contacts today...Anyone else?
>
>Also, deva, can we get the features column back to white?
>
>Thanks
>ana
>
>
>
>On 11/1/04 10:14 AM, "Tribal Scribal" <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I never got a response to this (below). Has the press release already 
>gone
> > out? If so, to what groups? Where are we at on this?
> >
> > d.o.
> >
> >
> >> From: "Tribal Scribal" <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com>
> >> To: ana at riseup.net, imc-us at ucimc.org
> >> Subject: RE: [IMC-US] Another draft of press release.
> >> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:34:06 +0000
> >>
> >> Excellent. How about my earlier question about who sends it where and 
>when?
> >> It seems like "when" might be Sunday night, yes? How about who sends it
> >> where? This is the breakdown i asked about this morning:
> >>
> >> <<Should we take like categories to send it out to, like 1)other
> >> independent media; 2)liberal media; 3)p&j groups; 4)media activist 
>groups;
> >> etc.? >>
> >>
> >> If this works for everyone, people could pick a category and ask the 
>list
> >> for any additional links they don't have, UNLESS someone is sitting on 
>the
> >> mother of all lists, of course!  :)
> >>
> >> d.o.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ***************************************
> >> "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as
> >> necessary in the political world as storms in the physical world."
> >>
> >> - Thomas Jefferson
> >> ***************************************
> >> more rebellion here:
> >> http://concertobi.blogspot.com/
> >>
> >> ***************************************
> >>
> >>
> >> I like
> >>
> >>> From: Ana Nogueira <ana at riseup.net>
> >>> To: <imc-us at ucimc.org>
> >>> Subject: [IMC-US] Another draft of press release. Date: Sat, 30 Oct 
>2004
> >>> 18:51:27 -0400
> >>>
> >>> Another quote I was waiting on came in. so I added it. Are there any 
>other
> >>> suggested changes?
> >>>
> >>> Btw, looks like democracy now is interested in doing a whole segment
> >>> monday
> >>> on what indymedia's plans are for the election. This includes the text
> >>> messeging stuff and voip and what not. ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Happy halloween
> >>> http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/128902/index.php
> >>>
> >>> ana
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On the eve of what may be the most important election in U.S. history, 
>the
> >>> Indymedia network announces the launch of a new and indispensable 
>website
> >>> for gathering the news and views of ordinary people across the country 
>and
> >>> around the world.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> With its mission of publishing independent, on-the-ground reports from 
>the
> >>> people who experience the news most directly, indymedia.us will 
>amplify
> >>> the
> >>> voices of those most directly impacted not only by the elections 
>process,
> >>> but also by the policies of either a Bush or Kerry administration.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ³Indymedia has changed the face of journalism through its creative and
> >>> comprehensive coverage from the front lines of struggles for social
> >>> justice
> >>> through out the world,² says Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, the
> >>> independent public radio and TV news hour. ³With its vast network of
> >>> unembedded journalists throughout the country indymedia.us will become 
>a
> >>> weapon in the fight for the truth about what happens on November 2nd 
>and
> >>> beyond.²
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The US IMC website centers around a syndicated wire of all featured
> >>> articles
> >>> published by participating local US-based IMCs. As with all Indymedia
> >>> sites,
> >>> the USIMC¹s open publishing newswire empowers people to become the 
>media
> >>> by
> >>> posting their articles, photos, videos, and audio clips directly to 
>the
> >>> website¹s wire. But the US IMC¹s main function is to make the news 
>that is
> >>> published, culled and edited to local IMC sites relevant and 
>accessible to
> >>> a
> >>> broader audience.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Says journalist and activist Rosa Clemente: ³Indymedia is the only 
>source
> >>> that truly comes from the ground-up. Young people all across the globe 
>are
> >>> learning how to be the story-tellers of their community. In a whole 
>host
> >>> of
> >>> ways, Indymedia has access to reports that the corporate media and 
>even
> >>> most
> >>> alternative media outlets do not.²
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There are currently 165 autonomous Independent Media Centers (IMC) 
>around
> >>> the world. Over 50 of them are in the United States.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Indymedia is a grassroots network committed to using media production 
>and
> >>> distribution as tools for promoting social and economic justice. It is
> >>> dedicated to addressing issues that the mainstream media neglects and
> >>> hopes
> >>> to empower people to "become the media" by providing democratic access 
>to
> >>> available technologies and information.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Visit the site at: http://us.indymedia.org <http://us.indymedia.org/>  
>or
> >>> http://indymedia.us <http://indymedia.us/>
> >>>
> >>> Contact imc-us at indymedia.org
> >>>
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