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Welcome to Florida Media Project

Florida Media Project is a nonpartisan, volunteer-based organization dedicated to improving our local media as well as creating new options for Florida’s media consumers. Our efforts include media monitoring and analysis, media literacy, and independent media production. Most important, we are a clearinghouse for information, news, and opinion from media-reform groups across the state.

Research

Mixed Signals: How Retailers Mislead Consumers on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition

Florida PIRG looks at how much “fact” you’re getting about the switch to digital. Read it.

How Does Kindness “Play” on Television? You’d Be Surprised.

A study published in the Journal of Communication takes a fascinating look at how TV portrays acts of caring. Read it.

Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem

A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance says local governments should lead the way in broadband policy. Read it.

Undecided: Local TV News Coverage of the 2006 Election in Southwest Florida

Did Fort Myers/Naples viewers get “news they could use” from election coverage, or did stations let their advertising tell the story? Read the report. Have an opinion about the report or about Southwest Florida’s local news? Tell us.

News and Commentary

If You Can’t Say Anything Nice...You’ll Be Sorry

Fox News Channel gets serious revenge on those who don’t report on it favorably. Read about it.

LP Radio Legislation Before Congress

House and Senate bills seek to expand community radio. Read about it.

"Media Talk" Addresses Media Ownership

Tampa Bay community TV presents a panel discussion on what we can expect at the state and federal levels on this contentious issue. Watch it.

Florida’s Newspapers Continue Readership Slide

Virtually all our state’s papers are hurting. Read more.

What Floridians Deserve from Their Media

New media-reform coordinator Mark Hart puts some issues on the table. Read about it.

DVDs of the First Florida Media Reform Conference Now Available! Click here for information.

"(Journalism) largely consists of saying `Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive."

- G.K. Chesterton