Guides

Managing The Media
http://tenant.net/Organize/media.html
A Guide for Activists by Carol Fennelly

20/20 Vision's Media Tools for Activists
http://www.2020vision.org/resources/r_activists.htm
Tips and tools to help you be more effective with things like writing letters to the editor of local papers, influencing editorials, meeting with a Member of Congress, or even calling in to a talk radio show.

Media Advocacy
http://www.actionpa.org/activism
Working with the Media, Making Friends with the Media, Creating News Stories the Media Wants, Using Paid Advertising, Meeting the Media, Changing the Media's Perspective on Community Issues

Using the Media
http://www.corporations.org/democracy/mediause.html

Mass media for activists
http://protest.net/activists_handbook/massmedia.html

Say it on the radio
http://protest.net/activists_handbook/radio.html

The Ruckus Society Media Manual
http://www.ruckus.org/man/media_manual.html

Contacting UC Berkeley Media

The Daily Californian
www.dailycal.org
The official UC Berkeley daily newspaper. Submit letters to the editor and opinion pieces to opinion@dailycal.org and subit general questions and anything else to dailycal@dailycal.org. Student groups may publicize their event in the Daily Calendar at no cost. To list your event, contact The Daily Californian at 548-8300, ext. 430, at least two days in advance of your event. Phone:(510) 548-8300 Fax:(510) 849-2803, Mailing address: P.O. Box 1949, Berkeley, CA 94701-0949

KALX
http://kalx.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley's fine radio station. Send email to kalx@media.berkeley.edu or call (510)642-1111. If publicizing an event, call and ask that it be read on the Campus Calendar. KALX can also sponsor public service announcements (PSAs) for student groups. A typed copy of your PSA, not to exceed 30 seconds, should be mailed at least three weeks in advance to: KALX, PSA, 26 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.

Contacting Other Local Media

San Francisco Indymedia Center
http://sf.indymedia.org/publish.php3
Annouce your event to the whole Bay Area activist community! Want to show off your photos of an event? Got audio or video that people just have to see? This is the place to put it.

To suggest a link for this list, please send the following information to psaevents@yahoo.com