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IMC Radio Teams Unite! <br>
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There has been much conversation about starting a weekly IMC Radio Report
<br>
for broadcast on community and pirate radio around the english speaking
<br>
world. We are proposing that this project start with coverage of the FTAA
<br>
Demonstrations in Quebec, and border demonstrations and solidarity <br>
demonstrations around the Americas on April 20th. The proposal is for a ½
<br>
hour weekly three part series comprised of Headlines, Stories, Backround
and <br>
Phone Interviews. IMC Vermont is Volunteering to produce the first three
<br>
programs (as we have the gear and the know how all ready to go). Using
the <br>
process that IMC radio folks established for the National Radio Project
<br>
Headlines project, we can use the website for doing pier editing and
<br>
colaborative production from any where (see below). We could produce the
<br>
program over the weekend, to allow for broad participation, and it could
be <br>
downloaded for broadcast on the following Mondays: <br>
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April 16th This first program would include coverage of the
demonstrations <br>
planned for Argentina on the weekend of the 7th and 8th as well as a
Quebec <br>
city and border info update and a substantial backround to the FTAA.
<br>
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April 23rd This program would be comprised of reports on demonstrations
<br>
around the Americas with a focus on Quebec.(This is the big one!) <br>
<br>
April 30th This program would be comprised of follow up reports on the
<br>
demonstrations, jail solidarity updates, arrests and what effects the
<br>
demonstrations had on the FTAA and community organizing around the
Americas. <br>
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The programs would provide an overview of the issues and events
concerning <br>
the FTAA made available on line for listening (in real audio) and <br>
downloading for rebroadcast on radio (in mp3). <br>
We need the participation of people who can produce content! If there is
a <br>
Demonstration in your area, record interviews, chants, stories and write
<br>
text. If you cannot currently edit your story or can only write text
about <br>
the demonstrations, we can do quality phone interviews and field reports
as <br>
well as editing your story here for you. Just upload to the website!
IMC's <br>
are encouraged to do editing and production workshops (Resources will be
on <br>
the website soon). Finished stories should be from 1-8 minutes in mp3
<br>
format. The process that we used for the NRP headlines project in
February <br>
allowed anyone to upload text, audio or links to a working newswire (a
<br>
staging ground of sorts), where other IMC folks could edit text in the
<br>
comments section, as well as downloading audio, recording voice overs and
<br>
uploading to the web again. We also had regularly scheduled IRC meetings
for <br>
editorial decisions. If done effectively this can help to create a <br>
decentralized and participatory production schedule. If we get a few
solid <br>
audio teams to agree to produce content, line up interviews and write
text <br>
we will have three quality programs and a foundation for an ongoing
weekly <br>
<br>
IMC Radio Report! <br>
We need people that have contact with community, alternative, college,
<br>
public, and micro radio stations to distribute and air these and other
IMC <br>
programs. <br>
<br>
We are currently working on Radio.indymedia.org which can be used as a
<br>
networking tool first for these programs and later for a weekly program
as <br>
well as specials. For a mock up you can go to <br>
<a href="http://www.freemedianetwork.org/IMC/Index.html" eudora="autourl">www.freemedianetwork.org/IMC/Index.html</a>.
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