Wednesday, November 05, 2003

Calendar: Media Reform Activists Meet in Madison Nov. 7-9 The National Conference on Media Reform will bring scores of activists to Madison, Wisconsin, Nov. 7-9, 2003, to try to fix what they see as the American media's blind spots. Bill Moyers will deliver the keynote speech. Seven Congress members and two FCC commissioners are on the program as speakers, along with authors Al Franken, Naomi Klein, and Mark Crispin Miller. Others include Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., Ralph Nader, Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW!, Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity, Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley, Jesse Jackson, and Ralph Nader. The meeting is organized by a group calling itself Free Press, whose aim is "to democratize media policy debates." Full schedule and registration information are available on the NCMR Website. 11:36:52 PM

FERC May Keep Hazards of Mobile, AL, LNG Terminal Secret "A wall of fire a half-mile wide and hundreds of feet high," was how one scientist described a possible accident at the liquified natural gas terminal ExxonMobil Corp. hopes to build in the port of Mobile, near densely populated urban areas. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)'s new secrecy rule may keep the public from knowing anything about those hazards even as their elected and appointed officials approve the facility. Full Story 10:47:38 PM

We Have Begun! Today, Your Right To Know has been launched as a Weblog. The work being done here is in collaboration with the Society of Environmental Journalists. This Weblog is dedicated to news of First Amendment and information access issues related to environment, natural resources, and energy. 10:42:47 AM