- Alternative Radio : Audio energy for democracy
Public affairs radio program that airs for free on public radio stations. It is part of the non-profit Institute for Social and Cultural Change. - AlterNet
Syndicates alternative news and creates original news stories. - Buzzsaw IC's alternative publication Find it @ IC Library
- Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
A diverse group of 125 alt-weekly news organizations that cover every major metropolitan area in North America. See AltWeeklies.com for featured stories - Common Dreams
CommonDreams.org is a national nonprofit, progressive, nonpartisan citizens' organization founded in 1997 by political activists Craig Brown and his late wife, Lina Newhouser. The news site aggregates reporting and analysis from independent, mainstream, and foreign news outlets. - Daily Kos
Progressive community blog. - Democracy Now!
Independent news program hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. - Free Speech TV
Independent and publically supported television that promotes civic engagement. More about Free Speech TV. - Global Voices Online
Aggregates world news from a community of over 200 bloggers. - Guerrillanews.com
An independent news organization that strives to bring global issues to the masses through articles, headlines, videos, and blogs. Articles are completely original, written by GNN users or contributors. Search by countries, keyword, and/or topics. - Huffington Post
Edgy leftist blog founded by Arianna Huffington. Jeff Cohen blogs for "HuffPo" - I. F. Stone's Weekly
Copies are available from January 17, 1953 through December 1, 1971 in PDF format. See the website for terms of use. The PCIM "Izzy Award" honors the work of I.F. Stone. - Independent Media Center (imc)
Collective site for independent media organizations. The NYC site publishes the Indypendent - Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Brings independently-produced broadcast news programs such as the [I]ndependent Lens program to the world. Funds, presents and promotes docs on public tv & cable such as Independent Lens on PBS - Indie Pix Films Their goal is to expand the audience of independent film
- IndieWIRE News, Information and networking site for indie films
- Inter Press Service (IPS)
Global news agency that commits itself to underreported stories. Global themes include: Poverty, Civil Society, Sustainable Development, Globalisation and the South, Dialogue among civilisations, and Human Rights &Gender issues. Member of the COM+ Alliance of communicators for sustainable development. - JohnPilger.com Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker
- Link TV
Broadcasts programs to educate and motivate viewers to become engaged in the world. More about Link TV. - Mother Jones Magazine that contains original investigative reporting. Find It @ IC Library
- Nation : Blogs
The Nation magazine\'s blog site. Includes: Campaign 08, Editor\'s Cut, The Beat, Actnow!, The Dreyfuss Report, Capitolism, The Notion, And Another Thing. Liberal perspecitve. - Native Networks
Initiated by the Smithsonian\'s National Museum of the American Indian, this site is a guide to media produced by people in Hawaii and the Americas. - New America Media (NAM)
Founded by Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM collaborates with over 2000 ethnic news organizations to disseminate stories. Readers can chose stories by ethnicities or by special beats. - Newsdesk.org
Organization the offers, "important but overlooked news from around the world." News You Might Have Missed (NYMHM) covers overlooked news and underserved communities. - Pacifica Radio
Listener supported community radio network. Here is a station map. - Prometheus Radio Project
Non-profit organization of radio activists that promotes free, diverse and democratic media. - Propublica Independent non-profit newsroom that produces investigative reports
- Talking Points Memo (TPM)
Josh Marshall's political blog. - TNR Blogs
The New Republic: A Journal of Politics and the Art magazine (TNR) hosts the following blogs: The Plank, The Stump, The Spine, The Flack, and The Vine. - Truthdig
Progressive web magazine covering current affairs. It includes a mixture of original reporting and aggregated content. - truthout
Progressive news site that is dovoted to issues of equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice. Reporters use independent voices and foces on undercovered issues. Included some aggregated news sources. - UTNE digests independent ideas and alternative culture
- World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
International non-governmental association serving the community radio movement. - Z Magazine Progressive monthly magazine. Find it @ IC Library
- Alternative Press Index
Index to articles in alternative news sources. Use to research topics that may not be well covered in the mainstream press; 1991 to current. - Discover America's Story
Discover America's Story focuses on small-town, rural, and local articles and reports on what is happening in-town and in-county while providing a local point of view on bigger issues such as state, regional, national politics and world affairs. The product is rich with articles relevant to geographic locations often under-reported or overlooked by mainstream news coverage such as natural resources, agriculture, land use, water rights and farming. Small-town news, op-ed, business, arts, government and life in general are covered well, plus published legal notices and obituaries are included. [description from LexisNexis] - Ethnic Newswatch
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Contents include African American, Arab and Middle Eastern, Asian American, European, Jewish, and Native American publications, including the Spanish-language press. - GenderWatch
Full-text database containing 140 international publications plus reports, pamphlets, papers and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. A repository of materials on gender issues worldwide, the evolution of the women's movement, and the changes in gender roles over the last twenty years.
- Alternative Media Global Project A wiki and blog by European scholars that study alternative media. Includes a map and bibliography of sources
- Community Media (EU) Portal on European Union information on community media
- Denver Open Media (DOM)
Oganization that trains and disseminates citizen media video. Here is their vision statement. - Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
A national media watch group that monitors media bias and censorship. Founded by PCIM's Jeff Cohen. - freepress
Organization that advocates for media reform. - International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
Founded in 1968 IREX is a nonprofit organization that provides leadership and programs that improve education, independent media and foster civil society development. Reports such as the Media Sustainability Index are posted to their website. - Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)
Founded in 1997 by Norman Solomon, the IPA assists progressive & grassroots organizations get coverage in mainstream media. - Just Media
Promotes media about social justice issues. - Media Channel
A media watch group that examines the policial, social and cultural impacts of the media. They work with over 1,000 global affiliates interested in media issues. The site includes an Affiliate Directory. - Media Matters for America
Progressive news monitoring organization.
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