Indymedia Newsreal: Get Involved

Indymedia is an open and inclusive project, and wouldn't happen without the support and hard work of numerous volunteer media activists.

The best way to get involved is to jump right into action.

produce a segment
Find a video camera and some editing equipment, and help local organizers in communities getting hit the hardest make their voices heard. Click here for a step by step guide.

host a screening
We'll send you a VHS tape or DVD, you just have to organize a screening in a coffee shop, theater, or even a friend's garage. Invite activists to speak about their work, create a space where people can get together, meet new folks, and learn about other struggles going on around the country. Click here for posters, handbills, along with a step by step guide for organizing a fun event.

And to keep up with project announcements and ongoing organizing, subscribe to the "imc-satellite" list-serve online.

"information is
the currency
of democracy."
- Thomas Jefferson

In the latest edition of his groundbreaking book THE MEDIA MONOPOLY (Beacon Press, 2000), Ben Bagdikian reports that six multi-national conglomerates now dominate all media in the U.S. INDYMEDIA NEWSREAL hopes to turn the current TV info-tainment paradigm on its head.

On NEWSREAL, people -- not corporations -- make the news.

The European Newsreal is an independent media network of regional production and screening groups for the European wide distribution of videos covering issues ignored or distorted by the corporate media.

Click here to find showtimes for Newsreal on Free Speech TV.