The reviews are in, and the latest U.S. presidential debate, the “town hall” from Nashville, Tenn., was a snore. One problem is that in a debate it is important for the debaters to actually disagree. Yet Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain substantively agree on many issues. That is one major reason that the debates should be open, and that major third-party or independent candidates should be included.
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Amy Goodman, first journalist to win the “Alternative Nobel”
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A little-noticed story surfaced a couple of weeks ago in the Army Times newspaper about the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. “Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months,” reported Army Times staff writer Gina Cavallaro, “the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.” Disturbingly, she writes that “they may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control” as well.
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New York City, NY – Award-winning journalist and host of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely recognized as the world’s premier award for personal courage and social transformation. The annual prize, also known as the Alternative Nobel, will be awarded in the Swedish Parliament on December 8, 2008.
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Around 800 people were arrested during the four day Republican National Convention earlier this month. Dozens were reporters, and one was Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who argues the arrests have a chilling effect on journalists.
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Troy Anthony Davis was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday. Two hours before the state of Georgia was to execute him, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay until Monday. It had earlier agreed to hear Davis’ case on Sept. 29, but Georgia set his execution date six days before the hearing.
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The St. Paul City Attorney’s office announced Friday it will not prosecute Democracy Now! journalists Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman also issued a statement Friday that “the city will decline to prosecute misdemeanor charges for presence at an unlawful assembly for journalists arrested during the Republican National Convention.”
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ST. PAUL, Minn.–Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested during the Republican National Convention protests and cited with unlawful assembly.
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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:
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:
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Flyering is a great way to introduce DN! to a variety of people.
You can flyer to:
No matter what your reason is, there are lots of ways to get your flyers seen.
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.
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