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Why All the Fuss About "Independent" Bookstores?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Bookselling, Local Bookstores, Booksmith, Independent Media, Independent Bookstores, Books, Inside DC, Books News
Praveen Madan

We started writing this week about why independent bookstores have to reinvent themselves, but then it occurred to us that we ought to step back and first discuss what an independent bookstore is.

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Just in Time: Youth Journalists Take On Climate with 'Project Survival Media'

Celia Alario | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Youth Radio, Energy-Action-Coalition, Climate Change, Energy Action Coalition, Climate Crisis, Youth Activism, Independent Media, Climate Bill, Green News
Celia Alario

The youth reporters are focusing on the voices of those who are already being disproportionately impacted, and those who have found successful global and local solutions for a better future.

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Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Film, Women Filmmakers, Pete Postlethwaite, Mclibel, Healthy Eating, Food, Oil, Green, Global Warming, Independent Media, Climate Change, Environment, Al Gore Global Warming, The Age of Stupid, Filmmaking, Copenhagen-Climate-Council, Green News, McDonald's, Entertainment News, Franny Armstrong, John Battsek, Extinction, Independent Film, Green News
Franny Armstrong

If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.

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The Age of Stupid Gives a Coin-Flip Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Pete Postlethwaite, Green, The Age of Stupid, Film, Copenhagen-Climate-Council, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Women Filmmakers, Extinction, Oil, Environment, Climate Change, Entertainment News, John Battsek, Franny Armstrong, Global Warming, Independent Media, Mclibel, Green News
Franny Armstrong

We are the most intelligent creature ever to evolve and yet we are about to make the stupidest mistake in all of geological time

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Weekly Audit: A Year of Bad Decisions Economy Newsladder

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Bailout, Economy, Independent Media, Business News
The Media Consortium

Financial policy failures have not been limited to bad rulemaking and pro-Wall Street philosophy. Even basic anti-fraud protections that have been on the books since the 1930s are not being enforced.

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How to Save Books from Extinction

Danny Groner | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Independent Booksellers, Book Publishing, Publishing, Publishing Companies, Publishing Industry, Books, Publishers, Technology, Independent Media, Indie and Small Press Book Fair, Living News
Danny Groner

Last week the publishing world was shaken by word of layoffs and reorganization inside some of the top publishing houses. While the written word is st...

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What Indy Media Trailblazers Can Teach Us

Jeff Cohen | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media

Read More: George Seldes, Margaret Sanger, I.F. Stone, William Lloyd Garrison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Independent Media, Victoria Woodhull, Media News
Jeff Cohen

Will independent media outlets that contributed so mightily to the stunning election result speak truth to power and expose corruption and injustice over the long haul -- no matter who's in charge?

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GOP Convention Violence Reviewed; Forum Attendees Struggle For Meaning

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Rnc, Credentials, Journalist, Progressive Media, Mccain, Obama, Independent Media, Media Bias, Minneapolis, Sarah Palin, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

No clear definition of a journalist was reached. The deputy had no solid suggestions to take back to the city of St. Paul to help prevent a repeat of the RNC protests and the aftermath, and members of the general public had no idea whom they could count on for solid information in this critical election year.

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Former MN Senator Becky Lourey: Why Not Let Moral Principles Guide Governance?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Senator Becky Lourey, Ethics, Coleen Rowley, War, Oil, Morals, Iraq, Congressman John Murtha, Fox, News, Minnesota, Independent Media, Eric Shinseki, Politics News
Georgianne Nienaber

Image: Coleen Rowley, Congressman John Murtha, Becky Lourey (2006 G. Nienaber) It was late September 2006 and Minnesota was in the throws of mid-ter...

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Media Ownership for All: Citizen Journalism Grows Up

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.21.2008 | Media

Read More: 2.0, LA Times, Amnesty, Internet News, Stringers, Propaganda, Associated Press, Cbs, UN Alliance of Civilizations, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Cnn, Human Rights, Media Control, News, Jonathan Tepper, Turi Munthe, Independent Media, Witness, Mainstream Media, Demotix, Citizen Journalism, Telegraph, Nbc, Media News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Independent photojournalists, NGO workers and citizens are part of this important movement to take back the news from those who focus on profits.

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