Fresno: Free Speech Media Conference; Sat Feb 20th at 9am to 2pm

The Free Speech Media Conference will be held on Saturday, February 20, from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dickey Community Center (1515 Divisadero St., at Glenn
Street). The cost is $5 per person and that includes lunch.

Find out how to be a part of important changes that are taking place in the
local media scene.


Be the Media

Do you watch the TV news or read the daily paper and think, “Something’s
missing here. Where are the stories about the people I know? Where are stories
about the issues that affect me and my family from our perspective?” If you
do, come to the Free Speech Media Conference on Saturday, February 20, where
you will find out how to be a part of important changes that are taking place
in the local media scene.

The conference will show you how to be part of the Valley’s growing
independent media movement. There will be panels that give you information
about how to become involved with local print and broadcast media, and there
will be workshops where you will learn the skills you need to start producing
the stories people in this community need to know about.

The workshops will consist of training in video, radio and print. The video
training will be given by professionals who are involved in the Community Media
Access Collaborative (CMAC). CMAC is in the process of establishing a Community
Media Center for the Public, Education, and Government (PEG) channels in the
Fresno/Clovis area. Soon, the Public Access channel will be on the air and they
will need content providers to produce locally originated programming. The
training will explain how you can become involved and have your own show on the
Public Access channel.

Radio producers from Radio Bilingue and KFCF 88.1 FM, two listener-sponsored
noncommercial stations, will conduct workshops that will show how you can
become involved in radio broadcasting.

There will be a writing workshop conducted by Conn Hallinan, an excellent
writer and teacher from the Bay Area, as well as a workshop on how to conduct
an interview and one on investigative reporting.

The goal of the conference is to motivate more people to become active
participants in producing media in this area. You will find out how to become
involved with local media, learn some of the skills you need to become a
journalist and meet professionals in the industry who are looking for new
people, like you, to become involved in this exciting work.

The Free Speech Media Conference will be held on Saturday, February 20, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dickey Community Center (1515 Divisadero St., at Glenn
Street). The cost is $5 per person and that includes lunch.The conference is
sponsored by the Community Alliance newspaper, KFCF 88.1 FM, Radio Bilingue
91.5 FM, Indymedia (www.indybay.org), El Concillio de Fresno, The Undercurrent
newspaper, CineCulture at Fresno State and FresYes!

For more information about the conference, call 559-978-4502, e-mail
editor@fresnoalliance.com or visit www.fresnoalliance.com.