[Imc] new newspaper

[Mike Lehman]

I'll chime in, since until now I've been too busy with
end-o-semester-shit. I did want to note that Bloomington-Normal does
have a long-running and rather good indie paper, the Post-Amerikan.

Not to step on anyone's toes here, but I hope that John does make an
attempt to maybe make something good better. It would seem to be rather
problematic for B-N to have two such good examples of journalism
competing with each other for the same resources (not that I'm against
competition, but I know that we in C-U have found that things work best
when they're at least coordinated to the extent that we don't undermine
each other in these small city settings.)

Just to be clear that I do have a little bias here, I should mention
that I do have a soft spot for the Post-Amerikan. I helped print it some
25 years ago, when I had a summer job in my earlier
less-than-overwhelming-success attempt at college. I always looked
forward to reading it when we would run it, as we got the first chance
to read it, other than the editors. They printed good, cutting edge
stuff in those days and are still doing it.

I certainly do welcome John's advice and assistance, in any case, for
our print project.
Mike Lehman 

Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> 
> 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'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.