Community Media Summit
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash Avenue, 8th Floor

Charles Benton of the Benton Foundation and Community Media Workshop board member, Mary Johns editor of Resident's Journal at the 2007 Media Reform Conference in Memphis

First-ever joint meeting
of WTTW and Chicago Public Radio
community advisory boards.
Panel discussion with written questions from the audience.
Thursday, June 14, 6:00 p.m.to 8:00 p.m.
1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor

All particpants are asked to reserve a seat by emailing rsvp@newstips.org. Please include your first & last name, phone number we can reach you, and an email address with the title, "Advisory Board Meeting RSVP" in the subject headline.

Community Media Summit Program
Friday, June 15, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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$20 Registration, free for all registered participants of the 2007 Making Media Connections Conference.
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We’ve all seen doom-and-gloom stories about the news business coupled with the go-go stock ticker and breathless coverage of Google, MySpace, YouTube, and other platforms. But less well understood are community media, which are at the heart of a communications revolution that has a lot to do with but is not limited to what’s happening on the Web. The Summit is an opportunity for a closer look at efforts in Chicago and beyond to harness the communications revolution to locate critical information and to tell stories that have never really made it to the mainstream.

Why a Community Media Summit? We’re gathering to understand and examine the voices and content that make up community media and to imagine and explore the potentials of community media for serving basic human and community needs. We’ll learn about how innovators in the fields of Community Development, Immigrant and Refugee Issues, and Creative Expression and Learning are creating and using community media. We’ll also share experience from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Cleveland, and Detroit. Keynoters Richard Somerset-Ward and Julia Stasch will provide national perspective and Chicago’s context for the Summit.

Who’s coming? National leaders and practitioners will be presenting exemplary community media projects and comparing notes on lessons learned to date and challenges still to face. A diverse group of community media makers—from ethnic and community newspaper publishers to pioneers in the new arts of Internet-based storytelling - as well as nonprofit leaders and technologists, educators, journalists, philanthropists, and public officials are all expected.

To defray our costs, we are asking participants to pay $20 to cover the cost of food and refreshments for the June 15th Program. Registration is free for all who have already registered for the 2007 Making Media Connections Conference. If you have questions, please call 312-344-6400. Thanks and we hope to see you there!

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• Download "What's Going on in Community Media" a report by Fred Johnson of the University of Massachusetts, Boston with Karen Menichelli, Benton Foundation