Independent Media Voices Panel

Sep 13, 2009

Brooklyn Book Festival

A panel discussion was held on independent media voices. Dennis Loy Johnson, the moderator, also talked about issues such as how the book Revolt on Goose Island (Melville House, 2009) evolved from a lack of news coverage of the incident by mainstream media. Topics included the Balkinization of the media, the proliferation of opinions .. Read More
A panel discussion was held on independent media voices. Dennis Loy Johnson, the moderator, also talked about issues such as how the book Revolt on Goose Island (Melville House, 2009) evolved from a lack of news coverage of the incident by mainstream media. Topics included the Balkinization of the media, the proliferation of opinions rather than journalism, manifestations of establishment media such as embedded journalists, and the importance of Internet neutrality. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. Richard Nash, former independent publisher, is developing a system for readers to find writers online. Amy Goodman, executive producer and host of Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now!," is the author of The Exception to the Rulers and Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. Ms. Goodman is also a columnist for Truthdig. Pamela Newkirk, an associate journalism professor at New York University and the director of an urban journalism workshop, is the author of Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media. She is also the editor of Letters from Black America and A Love No Less. "Independent Media Voices" was a 4:00 p.m. panel of the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival, held in the Borough Hall Community Room.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:16 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE PUBLISHER OF NEVIL HOUSE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT NEW MEDIA AND INDEPENDENT...
00:04:13 Unidentified Speaker EFFECTIVELY AND I WROTE A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WROTE THE DELIBERATELY PROVOCATIVE, SOMEWHAT TONGUE IN...
00:06:45 Unidentified Speaker PAMELA, A LOT OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM SEEMS TO BE STARTED WITH -- THE COUNTRY, STARTING WITH A BOOK...
00:07:55 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MARGINALIZED BY THE MAINSTREAM ME AND I ARGUED IN MY FIRST BOOK THAT...
00:10:59 Unidentified Speaker AMY GOODMAN. MY PUBLISHING COMPANY GREW OUT OF THE BOOK BLOG, WE TURNED IT INTO MILLHOUSE. EVERYTIME...
00:12:10 Unidentified Speaker HI AM CURIOUS HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TO SEE OR READ DEMOCRACY NOW? [APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF YOU LISTEN TO...
00:20:28 Unidentified Speaker I AM WONDERING HOW NEW MEDIA HAS ALLOWED YOU TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT. THE PANEL WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW...
00:20:46 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE INTERNET, THE REASON WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY, KEEPING THE...
00:23:58 Unidentified Speaker I AM FOR GREATER DEMOCRACY OF THE INTERNET, THE AIRWAVES, THE WHOLE THING. WE CANNOT LET MAJOR IMMEDIATE...
00:25:28 Unidentified Speaker IT DOES STRIKE ME THAT IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT TRAJECTORY OF MAINE TEAM -- MAINSTREAM ESTABLISHMENT...
00:27:16 Unidentified Speaker I WILL ASK ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR, THIS IS A BOOK FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THE BOOK,...
00:29:56 Unidentified Speaker WHEN I TOOK OVER, ALL PUBLISHERS WORRY ABOUT TV. THEY THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD NOT READ BOOKS, TV IS ENCROACHING...
00:34:25 Unidentified Speaker ON THAT HAPPY NOTE WE HAVE FIVE MINUTE LEFT, TEN MINUTES. LET ME TELL YOU BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS...
00:34:56 Unidentified Speaker FOR CLARITY, AMY GOODMAN'S BOOKS ARE IN THE ROTUNDA.
00:35:13 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE LEAVING OUT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD MEDIA LIKE CNN, WASHINGTON POST, I'M THE FIRST WOULD MET...
00:36:10 Unidentified Speaker IS YOUR QUESTION FOR ANYONE SPECIFICALLY?
00:36:16 Unidentified Speaker THE WAY I SEE IT, CNN AND OTHERS HAVE LOWERED THEIR STANDARDS TO COMPETE WITH FOX NEWS SO THAT GROWING...
00:37:24 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY THE NETWORKS BEING CHALLENGED, TELEVISION BEING CHALLENGED, IS NOT JUST THE RESULT OF...
00:38:47 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU LOOK AT THE DESPERATION WITH WHICH THE LARGE CONSUMER PRODUCT COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR THEN...
00:39:48 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE EVEN BLEACHES THE SOCIAL NETWORKS, DIFFERENT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
00:40:00 Unidentified Speaker I AM A GREAT FAN OF DEMOCRACYNOW. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE TWO OF THEIR...
00:40:25 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU -- CAN YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
00:40:29 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT SOME WAY THAT WE CAN COOPERATE?
00:40:39 Unidentified Speaker COOPERATING WITH KEEP DOBERMAN?
00:40:44 Unidentified Speaker THE SCALE HAS BEEN ON BOTH.
00:40:46 Unidentified Speaker IT IS GREAT TO HAVE A PLETHORA OF VOICES OUT THERE AND TRY TO EXPAND THAT. YOU ALL ARE SO IMPORTANT,...
00:42:17 Unidentified Speaker IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU TELL, WE SHOULDN'T BE -- IT IS MUCH LESS EFFECTIVE IF WE COLLABORATE...
00:42:47 Unidentified Speaker THE KIND OF NEW MEDIA DIVERSITY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OPPOSED BY MICROMARKETING HAS BEEN BUILT BY...
00:43:10 Unidentified Speaker YOU MEAN PRIVACY CONCERNS?
00:43:14 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE TALKING MORE ABOUT THE SCREEN, WHAT GETS DISSEMINATED.
00:43:21 Unidentified Speaker THE SHRINKING MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR MEDIA CORPORATIONS, IT IS MIGRATING ON THE WEB TO PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE...
00:43:36 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ADVERTISING. THE QUESTION OF PRIVACY IS SIGNIFICANT. WE PROBABLY...
00:44:51 Unidentified Speaker TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ONE?
00:44:57 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE POINT ABOUT THAT, YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS A DYING ANIMAL AND I THINK...
00:45:24 Unidentified Speaker SO FAR IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR CAPITAL TO DOMINATE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. THERE IS A...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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