Media Reform Organization Directory

These are local, regional and national groups working on media policy reform. We're all in this together, so support their good work.

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  • About-Face promotes positive self-esteem in girls of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism.

  • Manager of public access television and community media for the city and county of San Francisco. Co-convener of San Francisco Media Advocates, a local coalition of nonprofits that works on cable franchise issues, public interest telecommunications policy and community broadband and wireless initiatives.

  • People often know what they want to see happen, but not how to get there. Acorn has helped numerous individuals and organizations accomplish their IT development goals.

  • AME promotes and supports media education in homes and schools as well as in community groups serving youth.

  • ACME, free of corporate media funding, is a strategic network linking media educators, health advocates, media reformers, independent media makers, community organizers and others.

  • ACMEBoston is a grassroots coalition of media educators, students, independent media makers, media and telecom policy reform advocates and concerned citizens working to Create, Educate, and Mobilize for media and social change.

  • The Vermont Media Action Coalition is a resource for Vermonters interested in media literacy information and curricula.

  • AMLA is committed to promoting media literacy education focused on critical inquiry, learning and skill building. This national grassroots-membership organization will be a key force in bringing media literacy education to all 60 million students in the U.S., their parents, their teachers and others who care about youth.

  • A nonprofit membership organization founded in 1976, the Alliance represents over 1,000 Public, Educational and Governmental access organizations and community media centers throughout the country. The Alliance is committed to assuring access to electronic media, through public education, a progressive legislative and regulatory agenda, coalition building, and grassroots organizing.

  • Established in 1993, the Alliance recognizes the need for rural communities to have access to effective technology resources. We believe all people deserve knowledge of and access to emerging technologies so they may use these tools to shape their own destinies.

  • The goal of Allied Media Projects is to democratize the tools of media creation and distribution and to support others who are doing the same. AMP networks participatory media organizations to provide a clear point of entry to the vast and varied world of grassroots culture.

  • The AFTRA is a national labor union that represents members in four major areas: 1) news and broadcasting; 2) entertainment programming; 3) the recording business; and, 4) commercials and non-broad

  • Find out why maverick, independent grassroots media voices such as American Free Press have declared all-out war on the elite-controlled Big Media Monopoly in America and around the globe. American Free Press exists to counter that ever-tightening Media Monopoly both here in the United States and around the globe.

  • AWRT's mission is to advance the impact of women in the electronic media and allied fields by educating, advocating and acting as a resource to its members and the industry. 

  • The Asian American Journalists Association has a threefold mission to: 1) encourage Asian Americans to enter the ranks of journalism; 2) work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans;

  • The Association for Progressive Communications is an international network of civil society organizations dedicated to empowering and supporting those working for peace, human rights, development and

  • The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is a diverse group of 130 alt-weekly news organizations that cover every major metropolitan area in North America. Members of AAN reach a print and online audience of more than 25 million young, educated, active and influential adults in the U.S. and Canada. There are a wide range of publications in AAN.

  • The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers is a membership organization serving local and international video and filmmakers — from documentarians and experimental artists to makers of narrative features.

  • Austin Free-Net (AFN) helps community organizations launch free Internet access sites for the public.

  • Austin Media Revolution (AMR) is a nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas. AMR seeks to help independent community media, media literacy groups and media access groups to network and collaborate with one another in order to create more awareness and support for their programs.

  • Baltimore Grassroots Media is a local organization dedicated to strengthening public access television in Baltimore.

  • The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.

  • We believe that the mass media, especially the news, have a significant influence on people's beliefs and actions regarding public health and social issues.

  • Big Noise Tactical is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer collective of media-makers around the world, dedicated to circulating beautiful, passionate, revolutionary images.

  • Bloomington Media Arts Group (BMAG) is a campus/community organization utilizing the media arts as tools for local activism, civic engagement, and community development.

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