You’re invited to the 6^th Annual LA Media Reform Summit at Occidental College

Good Grief – Who’s Going to Cover LA Now?

We’re focusing on a local issue: the LA Times. With the paper possibly looking at new ownership as its parent company emerges from bankruptcy, will a rumored buyout by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. or the Koch Brothers improve the paper’s news coverage? Would a different merger, sale, or consolidation better serve the community? If not, how will Angelenos get their local government news coverage - what will be the consequences of that shift? This half day summit will study these issues and bring to light new ideas for how to make LA news better.

Speakers include:

Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
Media Matters, Vice President, Angelo Carusone
Huffington Post LA Reporter, Kathleen Miles
Tim Rutten, former LA Times Reporter
Host of KPFK’s Background Briefing, Ian Masters
Executive Director, Media Consortium, Jo Ellen Kaiser
Publisher of Truthdig, Zuade Kaufman
The Young Turks Producer and Co-Host, Ana Kasparin, 
LA Progressive Co-Founder, Sharon Kyle
KCETLink Web Editor, Brian Frank

This half day summit will take place at Occidental College, Saturday April 27^th from 1-5pm with reception to follow.

RSVP: www.commoncause.org/ca/mediasummit2013

**BONUS EVENT: Our friends at MoveOn.org are hosting a screening of a new film by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation entitled "War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State" at Occidental College at 7:30 p.m. after the summit and reception. RSVP here.