1. Alternative Media
   Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   
2. Anecdotes Tell Dramatic Story of British Underground Press
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Review of Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966-74, by Nigel Fountain. A frank look back at what made the British underground press tick.
3. Anecdotes tell dramatic story of British underground press (book review)
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1988
   
4. Autonomous Media
   Activating Resistance & Dissent
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2005
   Essays written by media activists examining the efforts of communities and social movements to appropriate media technologies.
5. Citizen media
   Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   The term citizen media refers to forms of content produced by private citizens who are otherwise not professional journalists.
6. Communication for and Against Democracy
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1989
   
7. Connexions Annual Overview: Arts, Media, Culture
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1994
   The established wisdom has it that the media are neutral purveyors of news and entertainment, while the arts are about individual creativity and cultural values untainted by the vulgar concerns of politics and economics.
8. Democracy's Oxygen
   How Corporations Control the News
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1997
   Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture public consent for policies which favour the corporate elite.
9. Frequently Asked Questions about Sources
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, authors and researchers with the sources they need for their work. SOURCES spotlights organizations, institutions, government agencies, companies, and individuals who want to share their expertise and points of view with the media. The SOURCES directory is used by thousands of reporters and researchers who need to find quotable sources and reliable information for their news stories or research.
10. Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest Activities
    Part 7 of 7 - Canada's Media in Crisis
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    A group that launches, or even refocuses, an independent news media project # or raises money for just about any public-interest activity # will probably have success in fundraising if it does the proper research and targets a unique audience. It will need to demonstrate that it offers an important public service, such as providing in-depth coverage of local political, economic, and social issues not covered adequately by other media.
11. Getting your story into the media
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people who make stories interesting and informative.
    For more than 30 years, SOURCES has provided a vital networking service connecting journalists with the sources they need # the experts and spokespersons without whom the media would have no stories to tell.
12. The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Winners of the 3rd annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism.
13. The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Winners of the 4th annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism.
14. Green Isle in the Sea; an informal history of the alternative press.
    An Informal History of the Alternative Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1986
    
15. Helping you reach the media
    How Sources can help you get more and better media coverage
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
16. HitGrab Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
17. I.F. Stone: A Wonderful Pariah
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1989
    
18. Inventing Reality
    The Politics of News Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
    Parenti sets out to demonstrate how the news media distort important aspects of social and political life and why they do.
19. Listing of Progressive Periodicals
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1977
    Listing of progressive and alternative periodicals, many that are financially wanting and deserve support.
20. Radio Alice: Radio in Action in Italy
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    Radio in action in Italy.
21. Social Media Group
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
22. Sources gives you powerful tools to help you stand out from the crowd
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    An overview of how you can use SOURCES to amplify your message.
    SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, writers, producers and researchers with the sources they need for their work. Being included in SOURCES positions you as a media source and puts you in line to receive more media calls and more media coverage.
23. Uncovering the Sixties
    Life and Times of the Undergound Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered themselves in print.
24. Underground Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    

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