CSB Notes for 9/27/06

Hey guys,
heres some more goodies for you.

Internet stuff:

Two excellent student media festivals you guys should enter.

http://www.beafestival.org/faq.html

http://www.mediaartsfestival.org/

Internships:

Maybe there are some people out here who really want an internship, even though it’s too late for credit. Well, it just so happens that KGO needs a few more, and they are rescinding their usual credit requirements. If interested you should apply immediately.

www.abc7news.com

At the bottom of the page, under ABC7 Toolbox, click on Jobs at ABC 7; click on ABC7 Internships. Or call us at 415-954-7222.

Please send your completed application materials to:

KGO Television
Attn: HR Dept/ Internship Program
900 Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

Here’s another one:

Collective eye, a new wave media company. They have waived their credit requirements as well.

PLEASE EMAIL a brief introduction and resume to:
info@collectiveeye.org (include INTERN in the subject line)

Also, check out current.tv, as they are looking for an intern, as mentioned on 9/20.

FCC stuff:

Some one last time asked for info related to women of color, and I found this article about media ownership by minorities.

1. http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/

Some statistics for media ownership among minorities.

• Women comprise 51 percent of the entire U.S. population, but own only 4.97 percent of all TV stations.
• Minorities make up 33 percent of the entire U.S. population, but own only 3.26 percent of all stations.
• While the level of female and minority ownership has advanced in other industries since the late 1990s, it has worsened in the broadcast sector.
• Hispanic- or Latino-owned stations reach just 21.8 percent of the Latino TV households in the United States.
• 91 percent of African-American TV households are not reached by a black-owned TV station.
• Markets with minority owners are significantly less concentrated than markets without them - even if the size of the market is held constant.

There are two FCC commissioners who have stood up to make changes.

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps:

“There is something terribly wrong when women and minorities comprise such substantial parts of the U.S. population but own so few broadcast television stations. This isn’t just a problem. It’s a national disgrace. We just should not be voting again on changing media ownership rules unless and until we have tackled this problem and come up with initiatives to redress a crying national need.”

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein:

“A bad situation has gotten worse while the FCC sat idly by and did nothing. We have a legal and moral obligation to take immediate steps to make broadcast media and coverage more diverse. This study shows that allowing more media concentration will only aggravate what is already a pitiful lack of minority voices over the airwaves.”

2. http://amandacongdon.com/roadblog/2006/09/20/josh-wolf-behind-bars-again/

Josh Wolf is a video blogger who was arrested for refusing to turn in footage he filmed at a G8 summit. The footage contained protestors and the FBI wanted it. He spent just over a month in jail, and now he’s out on bail. He might end up going back because he still refuses to hand over his tapes.

CSB stuff:

We will give out 5 points if you also show your festival submissions to us. We might, if we have enough, devote a meeting to showing them, and any other class work you guys want to share.