[IMC-US] national media reform conference scholarships

[Sascha Meinrath]

FYI:  this is basically free access to the media reform conference -- all 
you need to do is apply (and they'll even pay some travel costs)...

--sascha

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Scholarships Available for National Conference for Media Reform - Deadline 
Extended

The National Conference for Media Reform, to take place May 13-15 in St. 
Louis, will provide a forum to discuss and mobilize for solutions to the 
problems of our media.

In order to maximize the range of voices represented at the conference, 
Free Press is offering travel scholarships and registration fee waivers to 
offset attendance costs for individuals who would otherwise be unable to 
attend. We will use an application process to award scholarships.  Please 
go to www.freepress.net/conference/=scholarship to learn more and apply. 
The deadline has been extended to March 15.  Free Press is committed to 
supporting increased participation by people from constituencies 
traditionally under-represented in media policy work (including people of 
color, women, youth, GLBT, labor and grassroots activist constituencies). 
We also seek broad geographic representation. We will prioritize 
scholarship applications from individuals who contribute to the diversity 
of conference participants.

The National Conference for Media Reform will bring together over a 
thousand activists, educators, policymakers, journalists, artists, 
scholars and concerned citizens for three days of learning, sharing, 
networking and momentum-building.

Participants will:

* Learn about media policy and discuss visions for a more democratic media 
system in the United States;

* Build skills for media reform activism;

* Discover "who's doing what" in various sectors of media reform activism 
and hear about models for successful campaigns;

* Discuss goals and strategies for advancing positive media policy and 
bringing the public into media policymaking;

* Network and meet others interested in media reform.

The conference will include dozens of panels and workshops on media 
consolidation, grassroots activism, globalization, independent media, 
commercialism, community Internet and much more.  For more information, 
see www.freepress.net/conference.

We hope to see you in St. Louis!