To: LeftLink Audience: Please visit www.melbourne.indymedia.org - feel free to publish your news!! Melbourne IndyMedia will transform the mediascape in Australia by enabling anyone to become an online publisher and journalist. Indymedia, the media channel which broadcast live the protests against the World Trade Organisation in Seattle, has now been established in Melbourne. IndyMedia will not only cover the September's World Economic Forum, but will also provide an ongoing independent media channel for alternative news producers to communicate with a global audience. IndyMedia is a two-way news channel which enables anyone to publish stories which contain text, images, audio and video. No technical knowledge is required. If you can use a search engine or start a yahoo account on the web, then you can publish a story on to IndyMedia. IndyMedia is free of corporate and political influence. There are no editorial policies. IndyMedia exists for people with a passion for expressing the truth. Its technical development is supported by a network of computer programmers located throughout the world who believe in the need for a free and accessible media produced by the people for the people. IndyMedia exists online, outside the mainstream, creating a space for the expression of stories that are dismissed by the existing advertiser-driven channels. IndyMedia outlets are located throughout the world, from the Congo to France, from Canada to Mexico. Recently, Sydney has established an IndyMedia channel for the coverage of the Olympics and beyond. The history of the IndyMedia system began in Australia. Sydney's Catalyst collective was responsible for developing the community publishing engine which is the heart of IndyMedia. In mid-July 2000, members of SKA TV initiated the establishment of Melbourne's IndyMedia channel as part of the move in to the digital domain. Other independent media groups will be complementing their own broadcasts and distribution by publishing on the IndyMedia channel. The website again - http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org Thanks, Sam. --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... please request my PGP public-key if you wish to communicate in private. NetMediaChannel - Open Publish: www.melbourne.indymedia.org SKA TV needs your support ... Attend the fundraiser this Thursday (10th Aug) at the Northcotte Bowling Club 8:30pm onwards... -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
