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Media Workers

30-Year New Mexico Public Access Center Evicted by Police

 

From a press release issued by The Media Literacy Project in Albuquerque, NM

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BREAKING NEWS: PUBLIC ACCESS STATION DENIED ACCESS TO BUILDING BY ARMED GUARD

Albuquerque public media nonprofit Quote Unquote made unable to fulfill contract with City by force.

Albuquerque citizens along with the staff and board of Quote Unquote Inc. showed up to the station at 519 Central NW to find their access revoked by an armed officer placed there by the City of Albuquerque. Preliminary reports by community members and would-be “movers” gathered on the street outside the station suggest that sometime over the course of last night the City Attorney ordered the locks changed on the building and used taxpayers’ money to station an armed guard there to prevent access. Apparently, the City of Albuquerque became aware of Quote Unquote’s very public and transparent appeal to its 30 year-long base of community supporters for help with moving all real property owned by the nonprofit for use at the new location of the public access television provider. Continue reading 30-Year New Mexico Public Access Center Evicted by Police →

Media Ownership

Bill To Rescue Public Access TV Passed in Sacramento

 

Assembly Joint Resolution 39 was passed by the California legislature. The Resolution will be forwarded to the federal government as a direct policy recommendation from the State of California.

AJR 39 calls on US Congress to change laws restricting the way PEG community centers can spend money to help residents with training and equipment to tell the stories of their communities. Continue reading Bill To Rescue Public Access TV Passed in Sacramento →