NCMR

Just attended the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) this past weekend in Minneapolis hosted by FreePress.net.  The speakers were very inspiring.  It's an exciting time for independent journalists and filmmakers.

The big power and money-hungry media and entertainment conglomerates are trying to control all the airwaves and not face any legal or political consequences.  But there are independent voices trying to educate the masses about what's really going on.  New technologies such as cheaper recording equipment and software and the current state of the internet allow local, independent journalists and documentary filmmakers to tell their stories to a worldwide audience.

Learn more about the conference here.  They've posted video from speakers such as Dan Rather and Bill Moyers.  I'd also recommend watching the speaches of Lawrence Lessig (a personal hero of mine), Keith Ellison, and Josh Silver of freepress.