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Accountability and Representation

Online Learning: The Answer To The Digital Divide

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Posted by Samatha Calamari on Jan 15 2011

The latest buzz in education is the growth of online learning communities to address educational access. Through online offerings, education can be more affordable and have the capability to reach communities that otherwise couldn’t access quality institutions. Concurrently, as more students and educators move towards online learning as an alternative, issues of equality are emerging. The question arises, how can online learning close the educational access gap if there is still a great digital divide in low-income communities in the US and around the world. Continue reading Online Learning: The Answer To The Digital Divide →

Media Ownership

College Radio: You Will Be Assimilated

 

Posted by Tracy Rosenberg on
The Huffington Post  January 28 2011

Like the B-52’s? Metallica? The White Stripes?

You might have never heard of them if not for KUSF, the venerable San Francisco college radio station that first played their music.

College radio is part of the diverse package of community media voices around the country that with spit-and-glue budgets, volunteer energy and a handful of overworked staff, keep bits of the television and radio waves open to the public, while training millions of young people in technology and how to use it.

These do-it-yourself outlets, which have survived for decades with an open door policy, often feature unique and eclectic formats inspired by the passions and talents of the surrounding community. At the University of San Francisco for the past thirty years, that has often meant the city’s flourishing and influential music scene, one of the most vital in the country.

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Accountability and Representation

KPFA News Criticized

 

Posted by Tracy Rosenberg on February 11 2011

KPFA Radio, has received complaints from 3 Berkeley City Council members and 6 workers on two different incidents of problematic coverage in a week on the daily hour-long statewide broadcast of the Pacifica Evening News.

The first complaint was from by Berkeley City Council members Linda Maio, Kriss Worthington and Laurie Capitelli on a story on a council resolution asking all parties involved in the station’s contentious November layoff of 2 employees to negotiate in good faith with each other.

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Media Ownership, Press Room

Astroturf Up Close And Personal

 

Posted by Tracy Rosenberg June 2012 at Oakland Local

I was out-gunned 30-1.

On May 26th, I went to the California Public Utilities Commission to encourage them to perform a thorough investigation of the impact of the AT&T / T-Mobile merger on California consumers.

As a public interest advocate, I’m used to being the underdog. Despite sending lots of last-minute emails asking people to come, I didn’t expect a huge amount of folks would be able to dispense with work and family and rush over to the commission meeting.

But I didn’t expect it to be this bad. Continue reading Astroturf Up Close And Personal →