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Cynthia Lopez: WAM! 2009 Keynote
March 28, 2009
Cynthia Lopez vice president, POV

Cynthia Lopez, vice president of American Documentary's P.O.V., delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference. Lopez discusses the progress of women's voices in today's fast-paced, changing media landscape, and shares stories from her own career of when activists and journalists joined together to form political agendas.

Special thanks to Cambridge Community Television for producing and contributing this video.

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Women, Action & the Media
Media’s Mixed Messages to Women
Caryl Rivers
01:21:05
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett discuss current research on women and work, which finds that the mass media proliferates messaging that is in extreme conflict with the reality of women's lives.
Media and Movements
Alice Kim
01:19:53
Alice Kim, Barbara Becnel, Liliana Segura, and Cassandra West describe how media tools and technologies can be harnessed for social change. They also look at what can be learned from the recent US presidential campaign to reshape grassroots organizing.
Ethnic and Community Media: Dealing with Difference
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
01:09:02
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen, and Shruti Swamy examine the history, purpose, and politics of ethnic and community media outlets.
Women’s Voices and Net Neutrality
Joshua Breitbart
01:17:37
Joshua Breitbart, Mari Castaneda, Stevie Converse, and Jordan Berg discuss the debate around "net neutrality". Will the Internet remain an open, neutral network that allows for a free flow of information, or will it become the privatized domain of a few large corporations?
Women in Investigative Journalism
Sarah Posner
01:19:30
Sarah Posner, Sabrina Hersi-Issa, Adele Stan, and Silja Talvi put an abrupt end to the common image of the investigative journalist as gruff and male, describing how gender can hinder the female investigative journalist, but also play to her advantage.
Women's Journalism from Around the Globe
Lily Yulianti Farid
01:14:35
Lily Yulianti Farid, Parveen Sultana, Raziah Mwawanga, and Preeti Mangala Shekar discuss the triumphs and challenges of their efforts to work for gender justice in media in their home countries and regions.

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