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  1. An Action a Day
    Keeps Global Capitalism Away

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
  2. Alternative Press Annual 1983, The
    Resource Type: Book
  3. Alternative Press Annual 1984, The
    Resource Type: Book
  4. Alternatives in Print
    Resource Type: Book
    Similar to Books in Print.
  5. Anecdotes Tell Dramatic Story of British Underground Press
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Review of Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966-74, by Nigel Fountain. A frank look back at what made the British underground press tick.
  6. Anecdotes tell dramatic story of British underground press (book review)
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1988
  7. Autonomous Media
    Activating Resistance & Dissent

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2005
    Essays written by media activists examining the efforts of communities and social movements to appropriate media technologies.
  8. Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    Anders Ostergaard's award-winning documentary assembles footage smuggled out of Burma/Myanmar by an underground journalist group known as Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). The film explores how DVB members regularly put their lives at risk to reveal the realities of living under a brutal military occupation despite the government crackdown on free media and internet.
  9. Communication for and Against Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
  10. The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
  11. Connexions Annual Overview: Arts, Media, Culture
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
    The established wisdom has it that the media are neutral purveyors of news and entertainment, while the arts are about individual creativity and cultural values untainted by the vulgar concerns of politics and economics.
  12. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
    A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rights, civil liberties, social change.
  13. Connexions Archive seeks a new home
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home.
  14. Democracy's Oxygen
    How Corporations Control the News

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
    Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture public consent for policies which favour the corporate elite.
  15. The Empire of Mind
    Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2005
    Strangelove believes the Internet is a dire threat to capitalism.
  16. Frequently Asked Questions about Sources
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, authors and researchers with the sources they need for their work. SOURCES spotlights organizations, institutions, government agencies, companies, and individuals who want to share their expertise and points of view with the media. The SOURCES directory is used by thousands of reporters and researchers who need to find quotable sources and reliable information for their news stories or research.
  17. Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest Activities
    Part 7 of 7 - Canada's Media in Crisis

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    A group that launches, or even refocuses, an independent news media project # or raises money for just about any public-interest activity # will probably have success in fundraising if it does the proper research and targets a unique audience. It will need to demonstrate that it offers an important public service, such as providing in-depth coverage of local political, economic, and social issues not covered adequately by other media.
  18. Getting the Goods
    Information in BC How to Find It, How to Use It

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
    A guide to the basic sources of information -- the tools of the trade -- that all reporters, researchers and investigators rely on.
  19. Getting your story into the media
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people who make stories interesting and informative.
    For more than 30 years, SOURCES has provided a vital networking service connecting journalists with the sources they need # the experts and spokespersons without whom the media would have no stories to tell.
  20. The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Winners of the 3rd annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism.
  21. The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Winners of the 4th annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism.
  22. Green Isle in the Sea; an informal history of the alternative press.
    An Informal History of the Alternative Press

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1986
  23. Helping you reach the media
    How Sources can help you get more and better media coverage

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
  24. HitGrab Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  25. I.F. Stone: A Wonderful Pariah
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1989
  26. The I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  27. Imagine Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    Rebick calls for the transformation of fundamental institutions in Canada: the economy, the media and the electoral system.
  28. Inventing Reality
    The Politics of News Media

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
    Parenti sets out to demonstrate how the news media distort important aspects of social and political life and why they do.
  29. Is the Media Your Message?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Mainstream media are good for getting exposure, but for social change activists they may not be the best avenue.
  30. Listing of Progressive Periodicals
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1977
    Listing of progressive and alternative periodicals, many that are financially wanting and deserve support.
  31. Media for Social Change
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1983
  32. Profit over People
    Neoliberalism and Global Order

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
  33. Progressive Periodicals Directory
    Second Edition

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
  34. Radio Alice: Radio in Action in Italy
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    Radio in action in Italy.
  35. '68: The Year of the Barricades
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening around the world.
  36. Social Media Group
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  37. Sources gives you powerful tools to help you stand out from the crowd
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    An overview of how you can use SOURCES to amplify your message.
    SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, writers, producers and researchers with the sources they need for their work. Being included in SOURCES positions you as a media source and puts you in line to receive more media calls and more media coverage.
  38. Steal This Book
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1971
  39. The Straight Goods
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  40. Uncovering the Sixties
    Life and Times of the Undergound Press

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered themselves in print.
  41. Underground Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
  42. Barrie Zwicker
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization

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