The Center for Independent Media is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organization that fosters diversity of ideas in the national debate by
educating and training people on the use of new communications
technologies like the Internet as an alternative publishing and
distribution system to traditional broadcast and print media. The
center brings talented and diverse voices and ideas to the fore of our
nation’s discourse, through its training programs, conferences,
research and publishing operations. Programs emphasize the importance
of citizen-driven journalism as a critical founding principle of our
nation, the positive role of democratically elected government in
securing the common good and social welfare, and the continuing
benefits of our founding culture of egalitarian government by the
people, for the people.
What We Do
The Center for Independent Media is designed to enhance the
stability of independent media by working with online journalists and
blogs to support their ability to inform public debate through
journalism that adheres to the highest standards of the profession. To
accomplish this goal, the center operates two program areas:
- The New Journalist Training Program: Providing
skills training and mentoring to bloggers and online journalists, state
by state, this program aims to create a robust corps of individuals who
can systematically report on issues critical to their communities,
while adhering to the highest standards of professional journalism.
- The New Journalist Editorial Program: Designed to
pick up where the training program leaves off, the New Journalist
editorial program provides talented online journalists with direct
support to conduct original reporting. The majority are graduates of
the training program.
