If you have a group or coalition that wants to work for better media in your community, or if you are ready to get a group started, these guides can help you bring community members and organizations together to work on an action project.
- How to organize to improve local media: Step-by-step guides, tools and case studies to help you organize in your community, monitor and assess the quality of your local media and plan and implement strategic campaigns. The Media Empowerment Manual is available in Spanish and English from the Media Empowerment Project of the Office of Communications, United Church of Christ.
- A model to learn from: check out the Coalition for Media Accountability's KMEL Campaign (PDF) as a model of a community taking on a local station.
- How to host a public meeting — tips from Common Assets.
- Organize teachers, parents and kids. The Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) promotes activism, reform and education to improve the quality of media in our lives, especially for young people. Find out how you can start a chapter in your town or state.
