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New Media Rights supports whistleblower protection acts

New Media Rights is not a stranger to working with whistleblowers.  Many times the greatest revelations and insights into our government and corporations come from these brave individuals, who are willing to sacrifice to let the truth be told

New Media Rights would like to draw your attention to two pieces of legislation that our friends at the Government Accountability Project are working on, and encourage you to support it. We support the legislation, and we encourage you to get involved to support it as well.

New Media Rights files comments in FCC Future of Media proceeding

San Diego, California - On Friday May 7th, 2010 New Media Rights submitted comments in the FCC's Future of Media proceeding. 

New Media Rights' comments to the Commission draw directly on our experience providing one-to-one pro bono legal assistance as well as a free public media studio to creators of all types.  Our work has given us the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of media makers, advocates and citizens.  These comments are also intended to supplement a conversation held between New Media Rights, Free Press, Main Street Project, People's Production House, The Transmission Project and Mountain Area Information Network with the FCC's Steve Waldman on Thursday May 6th, 2010.

Exploring new experiments in journalism: Newsday paywall fails, while Spot.us lets readers decide what news to pay for

Are paywalls working? Or are there other experiments out there finding solutions to journalism's funding dilemma? New Media Rights covers the Newsday paywall failures, and explores on an innovative journalism venture based here in California, Spot.us.

Video Editing and Shot Techniques: Study of jump cuts, match cuts and cutaways

New Media Rights' Pete Fuentes teaches the basics of jump cuts, match cuts and cutaways. The video is also an excellent example of fair use, quoting three scenes from famous films to illustrate practical examples. Original creativity, fair use, and creative commons = new creativity.

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