YoutopiaFree Range Studios' Youtopia Grant. You decide what the world needs 1now.

Media Reform

I suggest you ...

You've used all your votes and won't be able to post a new idea, but you can still search and comment on existing ideas.

There are two ways to get more votes:

  • When an admin closes an idea you've voted on, you'll get your votes back from that idea.
  • You can remove your votes from an open idea you support.
  • To see ideas you have already voted on, select the "My feedback" filter and select "My open ideas".
(thinking…)

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

If a similar idea already exists, you can support and comment on it.

If it doesn't exist, you can post your idea so others can support it.

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

  • Hot ideas
  • Top ideas
  • New ideas
  • My feedback
  1. Unplug the Signal: The Truth Will Not Be Televised

    "Unplug the Signal" - Hybrid - http://www.unplugthesignal.com/

    I am a visual artist; I have begun a campaign to create awareness of the gross manipulation of information by the 6 corporations that control television content in this country. With the average American watching more than 4 hours of television each day, the TV plays a major role in creating the consciousness of Americans. By turning the television off and seeking alternative sources of information, Americans are likely to become better informed, consume less, healthier, and more highly engaged within the places we live. You can help the "Unplug the Signal" campaign by creating an effective online movie.

    "Unplug the Signal" - Hybrid - http://www.unplugthesignal.com/

    I am a visual artist; I have begun a campaign to create awareness of the gross manipulation of information by the 6 corporations that control television content in this country. With the average American watching more than 4 hours of television each day, the TV plays a major role in creating the consciousness of Americans. By turning the television off and seeking alternative sources of information, Americans are likely to become better informed, consume less, healthier, and more highly engaged within the places we live. You can help the "Unplug the Signal" campaign…

    1,380 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    168 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
  2. Chase the Fault Lines

    Maynard Institute for Journalism Education - Non-Profit - www.mije.org

    Studies repeatedly show that skewed news media portrayals of people of color has a devastating effect on our public policy, from issues of school reform to incarceration.

    Our project allows users to see how individual perspective determines which facts get included in a news story, and how that, in turn, shapes the overall perspective of the story.

    Maynard staff will post several stories on a subject. Users would be given a list of facts and could build their own story, which would then be rated to demonstrate which "fault lines” perspectives are included in the story.

    Maynard Institute for Journalism Education - Non-Profit - www.mije.org

    Studies repeatedly show that skewed news media portrayals of people of color has a devastating effect on our public policy, from issues of school reform to incarceration.

    Our project allows users to see how individual perspective determines which facts get included in a news story, and how that, in turn, shapes the overall perspective of the story.

    Maynard staff will post several stories on a subject. Users would be given a list of facts and could build their own story, which would then be rated to demonstrate which "fault lines” perspectives…

    1,252 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    152 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
  3. MatadorU Alumni Program (MAP)

    Matador Network - Hybrid - www.matadornetwork.com

    Matador Network, an independent media company, represents a travel community of truth seekers. We encourage contributors and over 1,000,000 monthly readers to explore and share global stories transparently. We advocate open and honest dialogue through our MatadorU program, endorsed by National Geographic Traveler as an important venue they use to find talented new writers and photographers. Matador seeks help identifying and securing sponsors to send select students on global awareness assignments upon graduation ranging from trips documenting vanishing cultures via photography to covering human-impact social events through narrative travel writing. Qualifying students will be selected through competitions and portfolio reviews.

    Matador Network - Hybrid - www.matadornetwork.com

    Matador Network, an independent media company, represents a travel community of truth seekers. We encourage contributors and over 1,000,000 monthly readers to explore and share global stories transparently. We advocate open and honest dialogue through our MatadorU program, endorsed by National Geographic Traveler as an important venue they use to find talented new writers and photographers. Matador seeks help identifying and securing sponsors to send select students on global awareness assignments upon graduation ranging from trips documenting vanishing cultures via photography to covering human-impact social events through narrative travel writing. Qualifying students will be…

    1,402 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    53 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
  4. Campaigns to promote local, public-interest investigative reporting

    San Francisco Public Press - Non-Profit - http://sfpublicpress.org

    The San Francisco Public Press is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization dedicated to doing for print and Web journalism what public broadcasting has done for radio and television. Our mission is to enrich civic life in San Francisco by delivering public-interest journalism to broad and diverse audiences through print and interactive media not supported by advertising.

    We publish online at sfpublicpress.org and this summer began printing a quarterly, ad-free newspaper with the help of more than 70 professional and volunteer journalists, and through partnerships with nonprofit and independent news organizations, which provide about one third of the content for the print edition.

    For 2011, we are planning a series of quarterly investigative projects examining the effectiveness of several high-profile municipal initiatives in San Francisco. We hope Free Range can help us create viral marketing campaigns around these four projects — which will be released simultaneously online and in print — using web design, social media, photography, interactive multimedia and real world marketing efforts.

    San Francisco Public Press - Non-Profit - http://sfpublicpress.org

    The San Francisco Public Press is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization dedicated to doing for print and Web journalism what public broadcasting has done for radio and television. Our mission is to enrich civic life in San Francisco by delivering public-interest journalism to broad and diverse audiences through print and interactive media not supported by advertising.

    We publish online at sfpublicpress.org and this summer began printing a quarterly, ad-free newspaper with the help of more than 70 professional and volunteer journalists, and through partnerships with nonprofit and independent news organizations, which provide…

    75 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    2 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
  5. Online TV that Rocks our Inner World!

    Green Lifestyle Film Festival, Inc. - Non-Profit - www,greenlifestylefilmfestival.com

    We are looking for a video that encapsulates ( in an exciting and novel way) the work we are doing to change how the news is presented as well as te content & subject of films and TV shows.

    96 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    7 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
  6. Responsive, Evocative Media that Matters to You!

    Green Lifestyle Film Festival, Inc. - Non-Profit - www.greenlifestylefilmfestival.com

    We have already shot 3 pilots for talk shows that truly address our needs. We need top notch strategizing to make this the new wave in talk shows and all media. Our shows are based on Citizen Journalism and non violent communication, with an edge to them.

    They are solutions based and address our viewers as participants in the process.

    75 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →

New and returning users may sign in

We're glad you're here

Please sign in to leave feedback

Signed in as (Sign out)
Close
Close

Feedback

3 3 votes

Media Reform

Categories

  • All ideas
  • My feedback

Feedback and Knowledge Base

(thinking…)
  • Searching…

    No results.

    Clear search results
  • Give feedback

    • Animals & Animal Rights 13 ideas
    • Arts 4 ideas
    • Community Development 4 ideas
    • Corporate Accountability 4 ideas
    • Education 14 ideas
    • Environment & Conservation 29 ideas
    • Health & Mental Health 15 ideas
    • Housing 1 idea
    • Human & Civil Rights 7 ideas
    • International Development 5 ideas
    • Media Reform 6 ideas
    • Other Topics 12 ideas
    • Peace & Non-Violence 5 ideas
    • Political Action & Organizing 4 ideas
    • Poverty 9 ideas
    • Public Policy 3 ideas
    • Socially-Responsible For-Profit 18 ideas
    • Sustainable Living 20 ideas
    • Welcome to Youtopia 2010! 0 ideas
    • Youth Issues 4 ideas
  • Free Range Studios' Youtopia

Follow the Campaign: Twitter | Facebook | Email Updates | Youtopia Home

Your password has been reset

We have made changes to increase our security and have reset your password.

We've just sent you an email to . Click the link to create a password, then come back here and sign in.