How We Survive: Communities Organizing to Respond to Economic Crisis

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Bikes, Casitas, Alternative Economies?

Erica Fernandez

Website

http://www.radioproject.org

Topics

Economy: Business, Consumption, Corporations, Credit and Investment, Debt, Finance, Microcredit, Trade
Environment: Renewable Energy
Human Development: Emergency Relief, Energy, Food, International Cooperation, Labor, Land, Poverty, Shelter & Housing, Social Exclusion, Urban
Human Rights: Civil Rights, Race Politics, Social Exclusion
Peace and Conflict: Security
Politics: Activism, Civil Society, Corruption & Transparency, Democracy, Ethics & Value Systems, Geopolitics, Globalization, Governance

Identity Niches

African American, Asian American, Caucasian, Indigenous, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, Senior/Aging, Student, Women, Youth/Teen

Budget

Raised to date: $10,000.00
Estimate to complete: $60,000.00
Total Estimated Budget: $70,000.00
The budget numbers above are accurate as of 04/20/2009

Status

Production

Media Type

Web

Project End Use

Radio

Key Personnel

Tena Rubio
Senior producer

Tena Rubio is our senior producer and host of Making Contact. A recipient of the Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation 2006 Katrina Media Fellowship, she has spent the past year producing radio documentaries focused on the social, economic and cultural impact of immigration and labor issues in post-Katrina New Orleans.

Previously, Tena was the senior producer for Pacifica Radio's Washington, DC bureau, WPFW. There she produced, reported and acted as fill-in host for "Pacifica Headline News." She also field produced several landmark Washington news events, including the March for Women's Lives, the 9-11 Commission Hearings and the Downing Street Memo Hearings.

With a background in local television news and national news magazine programming, Tena's experience also includes positions as producer, field producer and news writer at NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates in a variety of television markets. She was also a segment producer for the "McLaughlin One-on-One" news commentary show.

Tena holds a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and received her M.A. in broadcast journalism and public policy at American University in Washington, DC.

Andrew Stelzer
Producer

Andrew Stelzer was previously the senior reporter and anchor at WMNF radio in Tampa, FL. Before that, he was based out of KBOO community radio in Portland, OR, where he also worked as KBOO's youth advocate. Andrew's radio work has been featured on programs including BBC's The World, Free Speech Radio News, Latino USA, Independent Native News, Radio France International's Crossroads, and the Workers Independent News Service.

His print articles have appeared in a diversity of publications. Andrew has received awards from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was awarded a scholarship to the Narco News School of Authentic Journalism in Mexico, and has taught radio production around the world from Algeria to Mississippi. Born and bred in NYC, Andrew has managed a homeless shelter, organized for Police Accountability, and has even worked and lived on a train. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Pauline Bartolone
Online Editor and producer
For over 6 years, Pauline has worked in independent media in several capacities and locations. In addition to Associate Producing at National Radio Project, she's a Technical Producer at Free Speech Radio News and Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley. In 2002, Pauline worked as program producer and coordinator at shortwave station Radio For Peace International in Costa Rica. She lived in and reported from Argentina in 2003, and has reported for public and independent outlets from four other Latin American countries. Pauline considers herself part of a movement to promote social change through media, and strives to inspire debate about what could be, not just about what already is.

Outreach/Engagement Plan(s)

Each program will have automatic distributio to 190 radio stations that broadcast Making Contact each week. 17,000 podcast subscibers will recieve it for free as will website visitors who access the MP3 for free.

We will build upon the outreach to educators that we have created with our special environmental justice programs.;

We are working with our intial partners to develop a full marketing plan for the multi-media website because if a website falls in the forest and nobaody hears it --does it exist?

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