@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Andria L. Fiegel) Subject: Voyager's Webcast of the Media and Democracy Congress As you are probably aware, the first Media & Democracy Congress is beginning today in San Francisco. We're writing to let you know about a live webcast that Voyager is broadcasting of the Congress through our website at http://www.voyagerco.com (the press release gives the details). Participation is key to the success both of the Congress and this webcast. We are eager to direct as many people as possible to this site during the Congress so they can hear the simulcast sessions and more importantly, so they can participate in these sessions themselves, asking questions of the participants. We ask that you point to our site and the webcast as well as participating yourselves in the Q&A aspects of the sessions. Our apologies for the form nature of this letter, we're trying to contact as many people as possible in a short period of time. It would be a great help if you could acknowledge this note and let us know if you will be able to put a link to the webcast on your site. Many thanks. Andria Fiegel (•••@••.•••) John Porter (•••@••.•••) Nicole Phelps (•••@••.•••) Cristina Merlo (•••@••.•••) The Voyager Company announces a live "Webcast" of The Media and Democracy Congress at http://www.voyagerco.com February 29 - March 3. February 29, 1996 -- Voyager announced today that it will provide a live webcast of The Media & Democracy Congress, where hundreds of media leaders will gather to address the future of news and the role of journalists in the new information order from Thursday, February 29th to Sunday, March 3rd. Sponsored by the Markle Foundation and SoftBank Exposition and Conference Co., Voyager will provide live coverage of plenary sessions and selected workshops of the Congress via Progressive Network's RealAudio technology. Convening at San Francisco's Miyako Hotel, this first Media and Democracy Congress will bring together editors, journalists, producers, activists and media-makers to address the future of news and the role of journalists in the new information order in hopes of building a stronger, more vibrant independent media community. The goals of the Media and Democracy Congress include: strengthening independent and public interest journalism and developing models for its economic viability; protecting the right to freedom of expression and responding to attempts to limit it; developing new models of collaboration among radio, TV, print and online media; reaching wider audiences; facilitating communication between activists and journalists; understanding and responding to the threat from the far right; grappling with new technology and its impact on how we use information; working together to build a potent public media for the 21st century. Participating speakers at the Congress include: Denise Caruso, Farai Chideya (MTV News), Barbara Ehrenreich, Susan Faludi, Jim Hightower, Victor Navasky (The Nation), Katha Pollitt, Howard Rheingold, Leslie Savan (Village Voice), Bob Stein (Voyager) and Ray Suarez (NPR). Beginning on Thursday, February 29, Voyager will work with Progressive Networks, developers of RealAudio technology, to broadcast live on the World Wide Web the Congress plenary sessions, selected workshops and interviews with Congress speakers and participants. Visitors to Voyager's Web site at http://www.voyagerco.com will be able to not only listen to sessions in progress but also submit questions to participating speakers via e-mail. E-mail questions will be answered by the speakers during these sessions. All sessions will be archived on Voyager's site during and after the Congress for later listening. "We're pleased to be supporting the Webcast of an energetic and intelligent debate about the meaning of democracy during a time of tremendous changes in the way people communicate," said William Lohse, president of SoftBank Exposition & Conference Company. "We believe the Internet must flourish as a conduit of free expression if it is going to become a vital part of the life of our planet." "The Markle Foundation has always been concerned with the capacity of this technology to improve public discourse, a goal which we hope to further through our support of this webcast," said Edith Bjornson of the Markle Foundation. Based in New York, Voyager is a publisher of high-quality interactive media, with over 300 titles in its catalog. Voyager cultivates and maintains close relationships with authors, artists, filmmakers, and educators who want to express their ideas using electronic media, and collaborates on the development of new forms, most recently on the World Wide Web. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore - •••@••.••• - Wexford, Ireland Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
