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How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy
Introduction: Bob Hackett

Speaker: Donald Gutstein

The BBC published an article regarding the Pew Research Center's report called Understanding the Participatory News Consumer. The BBC article states, "newspapers in the US and UK have been going through financial difficulties, leading many to examine charging for their news online." As many Canadians know, Canada is also facing this dilemma.

Apparently, "61% of readers surveyed said they got their news online on a typical day [and] more than 90% use more than one method to get news."

Communication for Liberation
Favianna Rodriguez - Renowned San Francisco Bay Area, digital graphic artist and community arts centre founder

Community TV 101 - breaking the digital divide in the inner city and internationally
- Lianne Payne (W2)
- Seonok Lee and Robert Prey (Migrant Workers TV)
- Sid Tan (W2/Community TV 101)

Be the Media: A local approach to establishing an alternative voice
Panel Chair: Kim Elliott (Publisher of Rabble.ca)

Panelists:
-Nick Middleton (Director of BeTheMedia)
-Linda Solomon (Vancouver Observer)
-Dawn Paley (Media Coop)

The Montreal Massacre...20 Years Later: Media Portrayal of Violence against Women Then and Now
- Lee Lakeman (Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter)
- Frieda Werden (Women's International News Gathering Service)
- Sylvia Richardson (Latin Waves SFU)