Spencer Graves, Secretary of Friends of Community Media, has written a well-researched and thoughtful article on ideas to improve local journalism and Kansas City Media.
Events
Current Activites of FCM and in the past
BRING YOUR VACCINATION CARDS: Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Fundraiser
UPDATE: MARY’S REQUIRES EVERYONE ATTENDING TO BRING PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION. YOUR CARD, A PHOTOCOPY, OR READABLE PICTURE WILL WORK.
If you don’t know about our “Hambingo” fundraiser yet, read on:
As many of you know, FCM is fundraising for a local journalism project, tentatively titled The Kansas City Investigators. This is a nonprofit journalism project, which will be staffed mainly by volunteers, along with a paid editor-in-chief and three paid interns. The goal is to promote ethical and transparent government.
To this end, FCM is holding a bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Marys’ Midtown KCMO location (3700 Broadway Blvd #110) on 8/21 from 4-6 PM. Prizes will include handmade jewelry, KKFI and FCM t-shirts, and gift cards to local businesses. Come for a hilarious afternoon of drag queens, bingo competition, drinks, burgers, exciting prizes, and extraordinary fun! RSVP on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/493290592005801
NOTE: This event will be very risqué. A drag-queen runs the bingo game, and they will use foul language and make suggestive jokes. If that doesn’t sound fun to you, we suggest that you support FCM by donating on our website, here: https://ourfcm.org/donate.
Questions? Contact Richard Thompson at (913)209-4114 or richthompson209@gmail.com.
BRING YOUR VACCINATION CARD: Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Fundraiser
UPDATE: MARY’S REQUIRES EVERYONE ATTENDING TO BRING PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION. YOUR CARD, A PHOTOCOPY, OR READABLE PICTURE WILL WORK.
If you don’t know about our “Hambingo” fundraiser yet, read on:
As many of you know, FCM is fundraising for a local journalism project, tentatively titled The Kansas City Investigators. This is a nonprofit journalism project, which will be staffed mainly by volunteers, along with a paid editor-in-chief and three paid interns. The goal is to promote ethical and transparent government.
To this end, FCM is holding a bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Marys’ Midtown KCMO location (3700 Broadway Blvd #110) on 8/21 from 4-6 PM. Prizes will include handmade jewelry, KKFI and FCM t-shirts, and gift cards to local businesses. Come for a hilarious afternoon of drag queens, bingo competition, drinks, burgers, exciting prizes, and extraordinary fun! RSVP on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/493290592005801
NOTE: This event will be very risqué. A drag-queen runs the bingo game, and they will use foul language and make suggestive jokes. If that doesn’t sound fun to you, we suggest that you support FCM by donating on our website, here: https://ourfcm.org/donate.
Questions? Contact Richard Thompson at (913)209-4114 or richthompson209@gmail.com.
Freepress – Craig Aaron Interview
INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG AARON OF FREEPRESS
TO BE AIRED ON KKFI 90.1 FM KKFI.ORG ON THURSDAY 4/29/21
Kansas City, Mo., 4/23/21 – An important interview will air this Thursday 4/29 on KKFI community radio show “Thursday Night Special” at 7:00 to 8:00 PM.
Spencer Graves, FCM board member and secretary will discuss issues facing journalism and the need for media reform in the United States with Freepress CEO, Craig Aaron. https://www.freepress.net/
People may also watch via Zoom videoconferencing and YouTube Live.
People with the Zoom session will be able to ask questions during the
session. They can also suggest questions in advance via a complementary
post on Wikiversity. Links are below:
https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/media-reform-per-freepress-net/
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Media_reform_per_Freepress.net#Draft_agenda
-30-
Being “Anti-Media” is Not the Same as Media Reform
This article from 538.com discusses that the characteristic of being a Republican is now being “anti-media” – that is not the same as being for media reform and allowing more people to participate in the media.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-being-anti-media-is-now-part-of-the-gop-identity/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
News or Propaganda?
At the end of March, State of Washington universities conducted a media education program called MisinfoDay in high schools to help students learn the difference between real news and propaganda. This would be a good event to happen nationwide. The session used these questions to help learn how to differentiate between bogus news and real facts.
https://www.cip.uw.edu/get-involved/misinfoday/
Right-wingers on The Media
https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/myths-and-facts-around-people-act
Continuing to update our website
After an FCM website meeting, work is continuing to make ourfcm.org more user friendly and more information is being added regularly.
Our annual meeting is coming up in two weeks and information about that may be found under the “Events” tab, under the “Upcoming Events” tab. This will be an important media year, so our annual meeting will be important!
