Independent Media CNY

Original journalistic work of local and regional interest relating to progressive politics, culture, and news events in Central NY.

Who wants to be a citizen journalist in CNY and contribute to a joint blog/website for progressive politics, culture, and news and events? Looking for writers, photographers, videographers to be part of a collective. Sorry no money for paying anyone for their work, not yet anyway, let’s see what we can do together? Lot’s of people think we have a media crisis in CNY – see the lack of coverage of the most recent General Election in Syracuse, particularly the mayoral race.

Ideas for campaigns, beats, and topics:

Common Council meetings, live-streaming, videotaping and reporting.
Campaign against Anonymous Online commenting at news source websites.
Urban Jobs Task Force vs. COR
Your ideas. What is not being covered and should be? What is getting one-sided coverage by conservative media?
Goals:

Weekly postings of new/original articles.
Diverse perspectives from numerous cultural, racial. economic backgrounds.
Collective ownership/management of Indy Media CNY.
Collective Twitter stream for dispersed real time reporting of events.