The Indymedia Newsreal is a monthly TV program that has been underway since 2000 and now needs your assistance. Each episode of the show covers actions taken in local communities, by ordinary people, to address critical issues locally and globally. This coverage is undertaken by independent videographers from around the U.S. and the world, who produce and send in segments. An editor then puts together contributed segments every month to create a thirty-minute program.

Newsreal is viewable every month in a variety of ways: via satellite to a potential 11 million subscribers on Free Speech TV, downloadable on the internet at a variety of locations, shown locally at public screenings by subscribers, and shown on various local cable access stations around the United States.

Recent episodes of Newsreal have covered a variety of issues, including anti-war protests, border activism, police brutality, labor struggles, cruelty to animals, the G8, media consolidation, endangered species, and much more, from a variety of communities including Seattle, Berlin, New York, Oaxaca, Arizona, California, Ohio, New Orleans, Portland, and many more.

September 2007 Indymedia Newsreal

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Despite this incredible variety of content, participation in and awareness of the project has been steadily declining over the last couple of years. For the project to continue, the Newsreal must get more participation, and invites you to contribute your short video segments of local struggles in your community. The video segments must be in english or have english subtitles. We also encourage you to spread the word to any videoactivists you know about this opportunity to get video work out to a larger audience. Additionally, groups and individuals are invited to subscribe to Newsreal and show the program in their areas.

We accept contributions of 30 seconds to 12 minutes in length, mailed on mini-DV tape, DVD, or as DV files on DVD-R data disc. For more details about producing and submitting segments, or any other questions about Newsreal, send email to newsreal@indymedia.org.

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