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Call to Action on Behalf of DN! Journalists Facing Charges for Reporting on the Republican National Convention
Today it is critical that you make your voice heard in the Ramsey County Attorney and St. Paul City Attorney offices. Demand that they drop all pending and current charges against journalists arrested while reporting on protests outside the Republican National Conventions.
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Why We Were Falsely Arrested”
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists.
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Media Coverage on the Arrest of Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers
Links to video and articles about the arrest of Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar.
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Update: Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against Kouddous and Salazar
ST. PAUL--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon.
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Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her.
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“Poverty Is the Real Scandal”
Former Sen. John Edwards was supposed to speak in Denver at the Democratic National Convention, but he had an affair. Will the Democrats now forget about his signature issue?
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“Cheney, Bush and Habbush”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that “impeachment is off the table.” She responded on the TV talk show “The View,” “If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind may have provided the evidence she doesn’t want to see.
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“Don’t Cage Dissent”
Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent. Things are not looking good.
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Downloadable Resources
We’ve put together a number of downloadable materials to assist your efforts to bring Democracy Now! to new stations, listeners and viewers.
Talking Points
Nervous about approaching a TV or Radio Station to get DN! on the air? Unsure what to say?
We have created some documents with must-know information. Read them over and feel prepared when you finally call your community station:
Radio Talking Points
TV Talking Points
Publicity Kit
Our publicity kit is a great way to introduce DN! to potential TV and Radio Stations. Many of the materials are also great to give to people in your community if you table.
It includes:
- What is Democracy Now!?
- More About the Hosts of Democracy Now!: Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
- Awards Democracy Now! and its Hosts have won
- What Journalists Are Saying about Democracy Now!
- Articles Written About Democracy Now!
- How to Broadcast DN! on TV Stations
- What TV Managers are saying about Democracy Now!
- How to Broadcast DN! on Radio Stations
- What Radio Station Managers are saying about Democracy Now!
- How DN! Helps Stations Raise Money
If you can’t download it, let us know and we’ll send you a hard copy in the mail. Before you present the publicity kit to your station, Email Us and we’ll send you a sample show (CD or DVD) to include along with the rest of the packet.
Contact the DN! Outreach Team by email outreach@democracynow.org or call: 212-431-9090 x802
Photos of Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
Flyers:
Flyering is a great way to introduce DN! to a variety of people.
You can flyer to:
- Raise awareness about DN!, letting people know what station and times it airs in your community.
- Help gain support for a campaign to bring DN! to your local radio and TV stations.
- Announce an event where Amy Goodman will be speaking.
No matter what your reason is, there are lots of ways to get your flyers seen.
- Where allowed, post flyers on streetlamps and in other public spaces like coffee shops and farmer’s markets.
- Table at a conference, educational fair, or outdoor market. See Tabling Tips for ideas on how.
- Hand out flyers in front of grocery stores, public transportation stops, in lines at movies, at concerts, in front of museums or high traffic intersections.
Flyering in groups is always more fun and reaches more people. But even a lone flyerer can make a huge difference. One supporter proudly reported putting flyers on each car in his local Wal-Mart parking lot.
We have a number of flyers already created for you to use.
- Business Cards Download this new business card where you can insert the stations and times where DN! airs in YOUR community. Keep the cards in your wallet or bag and hand them out!
- Half Sheet Flyer This 4"x5.5" flier is great for letting people know where and when to listen and watch DN! in your community, and for letting people know about upcoming events. Insert your own local station information.
- Tearoffs Sheet Change this flyer so people can quickly and easily tear off contact information to join a campaign to bring DN! to their community or find out how to watch/listen to DN! in their area. Post it on bulletin boards around your community.
If you create your own flyer download one of our logos to add to it. If you want to share the flyer with us, we’d love to include it on our website for others to use. Make sure it is saved in a format that would allow others to change the text.
Our Democracy Now! Logos:
Here are some of our "logos. Use these in the creation of your original DN! materials. There are different sizes, qualities and colors.
EPS files can be opened in graphics applications such as Photoshop, Quark or Illustrator. They can be resized without any loss of quality; professional printing shops generally prefer EPS files.
Click to download: Hi-resolution EPS logos
JPEG files can be used easily in Microsoft Word and on the web.
Click to download: JPEG logos
Ads:
We live in a culture of advertising. Here are some examples of different ways that supporters took out Democracy Now! advertisements.
Web Banners:
If you administer or have access to a website, download one of our Democracy Now! web banners and put it on your site for people to link to.
Daily Digest Sign-Up Sheets:
When someone signs up for our Daily Digest Electronic Newsletter we enter them onto our list and they receive daily emails about the show, including pertinent information about Democracy Now! and the independent media movement. If you decide to table, print out some sign-up sheets for people to join our mailing list.
If you have any questions contact the Democracy Now! Outreach Team or call: 212-431-9090 x802
