...a Chicago group actively devoted to media issues.

The Organization   About CMA   Join Our Mailing List   Become a CMA Member   Contact CMA The Activism   Federal Communications Commission (FCC)   Public Television   Radio Efforts   Cable Access Television   Rapid Response Form   Independent Media   Corporate, Commercial, "Big" Media The Outreach   Public Education Forums   Local Radio and Television Appearances   Other Public Appearances   Additional Resources Search CMA   The Feeds   -- CMA Articles   -- CMA Blog   -- CMA Podcast The Articles   Artículo del American Forum acerca de La Consolidación de Comcast /NBC   A CMA Op-Ed published by the American Forum: A Merger that isn’t Comcastic   2 New articles: Community Control of Media (from USSF workshop)   FCC event in Chicago on proposed Comcast/NBC merger (July 13th), and workshop (July 11th)   Congressman Bobby L. Rush to conduct July 8th field hearing on the proposed Comcast/NBC Universal merger   Why Should Chicagoans Care About (And Oppose) The Proposed Merger of Comcast and NBC?   US Social Forum Workshop: Control of Public Media as a Social Justice Issue   A neutral network alone will not build a just media system for us, and neither will professional journalists: Control of public media as a social justice issue. - By Scott Sanders & James Owens (Editor & Publisher, Truthout)

Rapid Response   Chicago Media Action has built a Rapid Response form which can be used to contact key decision makers on a media-related topic of interest. The following is the list of past rapid response campaigns: Campaign: Support the May 5 Stone ordinance to provide stable funding for CAN TV. Key contact: Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago. Launched: June 11, 2004. Result: Won passage before the June 18 Finance committee. Variation of the ordinance and a three-year funding arrangement approved by all parties in December 2004. Campaign: Help clean up WTTW-11, Chicago's main PBS station. Key contact: Sandra Guthman, Chair of the Board. Launched: November 13, 2003. Result: Ongoing In a campaign pertaining to the right to dissent and freedom of speech, the Rapid Response form turned to the case of antiwar activist Grant Newburger, who faced a possible one-year jail sentence on trumped-up charges. Key contact: The State Attorney General's office. Launched: October 8, 2003. Result: Case dismissed, October 14, 2003.