[Imc] new newspaper

[Danielle Chynoweth]

John,

Thank you for your words of support and your offer of advice to get an
indy press off the ground in CU.

I excited about our group's ability to work well together, collectivize
our individual equipment for common benefit, and train each other in media
production skills.

Our weekly print group discussions start today.  Hopefully out of these
discussions we can put togther a viable business plan.

We would love to pick your brain about indy presses - the sooner the
better.  Will you be near CU any time before August?  If we make a trip to
Chicago, could we meet with you?  If we paid for your trip down, would you
be willing to come speak with us?

Please do tell,

danielle chynoweth
CU -IMC


On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, john karl wilson wrote:

> I want to congratulate Urbana Indymedia on all the great work you're
> doing. You should really come up with a guide for other indymedias in
> small cities to imitate you. Even Chicago Indymedia is trying to catch up
> (it does launch its first radio show today, Mon 4/30 at 9:30am on
> WLUW, www.wluw.org).
>
> I'm the editor of the newsletter for Chicago Media Watch and commentary
> editor at StreetWise Chicago, but I wanted to email your list because I'm
> moving to Normal and starting a new Bloomington-Normal alternative weekly
> newspaper in August. I'm a big advocate of the left starting mass media to
> reach a larger audience, and I read your discussion on a print version of
> Indymedia. I think you folks should plan seriously about starting
> a weekly newspaper in C-U, even if the Octopus manages to survive--and
> certainly work to start an anti-corporate replacement for the Octopus.
>
> I can give you all the details on how to start an alternative paper (I've
> co-founded the University of Chicago Free Press and Chicago Ink in the
> past), and ideally we could share articles and resources (I'm hoping that
> Urbana Indymedia can provide some articles for the B-N paper in any
> case). I would emphasize that doing an alternative newspaper profitably
> without sacrificing your values is not as difficult as you might think,
> and the impact is enormous: consider the opportunity to reach 10,000
> people weekly with the info you think is important, and you'll realize
> that it's worth the time and energy.
>
> I'd be happy to help you with suggestions and some of the logistics (once
> I get this paper up and running), and I'd certainly appreciate suggestions
> about what we're doing in Bloomington-Normal, stories we should cover,
> people I should contact. I can send you a more detailed memo on how to
> start a newspaper, or communicate directly with the print group.
>
> Thanks,
> John K. Wilson
> (former Daily Illini columnist)
> author, How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People: A Tactical
> Manual for Pragmatic Progressives (august, NYU Press)
>
>
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