Public Hearing in Oakland – Be Heard!
Posted October 26th, 2006 by Jen Howard
FCC Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will be in Oakland tomorrow to listen to local concerns about media consolidation – the only forum on media ownership in Northern California.
With hundreds of Bay Area journalists being laid off and local TV news coverage being scaled back, the Bay Area media market is already feeling the effects of consolidation. A new report released by the Media and Democracy Coalition shows that these new rules would further limit the already small number of independent and diverse voices.
The public hearing will feature panel discussions on how media concentration affects local news and information. Panel participants include Al Hammond, director, Broadband Institute of California, Santa Clara University School of Law; John McManus, director, Grade the News; Karen Slade, general manager, KJLH-FM; Micheline Wilcoxen, executive director, Community Technology Organizing Consortium of Southern California; Paul Porter, co-founder, Industry Ears; and Tram Nguyen, executive editor, ColorLines. Tanya Hart, host of Hollywood Live, will moderate the discussion.
Friday’s community-organized hearing in Oakland is being sponsored by the NAACP, Media Alliance, Youth Media Council and Free Press.
Click here for more information on the Oakland hearing.
