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 resources can help you bring community members and organizations together to work on an action project.
- Organize to improve local media. Step-by-step guides, tools and case studies to help you organize in your community. Use these tools to 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. (available as PDF download or printed booklet)
- Check out the Coalition for Media Accountability's KMEL campaign (PDF) as a model of a community taking on a local station.
- Host a public meeting. Common Assets has these tips to make it effective.
- Make public broadcasting accountable to your community: a manual for activists. Want better public affairs and educational programming that reflects the interests of your community? Want locally relevant, culturally diverse TV and radio dedicated to building an active citizenry? This guide from Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting can help you get that valuable public file (PDF).
- 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 join or start a chapter in your town or state.
