Media Activism


Below is a varied list of resources for media activists. These include media education and literacy groups, listings of local media activism groups, resources regarding how to fight media bias in your own community, examples of how other groups have fought bias in their communities and educational resources for reporters.

Free Press
100 Main Street
P.O. Box 28
Northampton, MA 01061
(P) 413-585-1533
(F) 413-585-8904
Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector.

Project Censored maintains a large list of media activist organizations.

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), the national media watch group, advocates for greater diversity in the press, and scrutinizes media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. FAIR has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. As an anti-censorship organization, FAIR exposes important news stories that are neglected and defends working journalists when they are muzzled.

FAIR's Media Activist Kit includes "how-to" guides for identifying, documenting and challenging inaccurate or unfair news coverage, along with information about how to promote independent media.

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation engages in media activism, media analysis and provides resources.

Media Alliance is a San Francisco-based training and resource center for media workers, activist and community organizations. Promotes a diverse, accountable and ethical media.


The Mainstream Media Project is a resource for access to talk radio and for trainings in how to be successful in that curious medium that reaches into the midlands and mainstream.They call this training "From Advocate to Expert."