Pew study highlights that some of the traditional income barriers that impact levels of political activity, including writing to politicians about issues of interest, citizen lobbying and appearing at public comment sessions, manifest less in online political activity which show less dropoff as income declines than offline activities do.
A very useful webinar from BEN (The Business Ethics Network of Corporate Ethics Intl) on legal issues with doing counterbrand anti-corporate organizing.
The biggest obstacle to advocating for Internet access. All that jargon. A very handy infographic from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance so you can speak broadband babble with the best of them.
Some of you that make movies and videos might be interested in this new toolkit on metrics for evaluating the impact of media pieces put out by the Bay Area Video Coalition.
A publication on communication strategies with useful case studies. Free! From some of the best in the business in social justice communications: Praxis, Smartmeme etc…
“Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice” introduces the perspective of families, the parents, and other relatives who are uniquely affected by the systems that can determine the future of their children. Routinely, families are dismissed as spectators, at best, while judges, prosecutors, probation officers, and public defenders determine the fate of young people who enter the juvenile justice system. This report from the Data Center spells out how the professionals who turn the wheels of juvenile systems can learn from the experiences and thoughts of families, and how they can include them as active participants and partners.
Surveyed outlets include Urban Milwaukee, the Twin Cities Daily Planet and the Great Lakes Echo in this J-Lab report.
Report that collates experiences from several online local journalism sites around the country. Among the survey respondents are the Voice of San Diego, baristanet and the local Berkeleyside website. Put out by J-Lab at American University, a project of the Knight Foundation.
