The Fight for Independent Media

The story of The Openmedia.bg. How a small group of people is trying to improve the media scene in Bulgaria.

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1. The  fight  for   independent  media HOW A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THE MEDIA SCENE IN BULGARIA
3. A different reality
4. A different reality
6. Bulgaria ranked 106 last from all european union countries
7. the bulgarian media drama
8. key protagonist
9. The bulgarian media drama the media mogul his mother a failed banker the Prime minister
10. 45% Government funds control of editorial policy Bank funds media journalists ] public s government! political comfort pressure Q bank $ media monopolies [ [ [ [ [
11. shady ownership financial dependency corporate pressure no laws no demand for quality harassment & self censorship THE (BULGARIAN) MEDIA DRAMA
12. people think that’s it
14. 100 lines of code
15. mass protests in Bulgaria
17. a simple chrome extension
18. built in less than a day
19. had a lot of flaws
20. about 50 installs
21. they changed their sites!
22. we fixed it... of course
23. and the next morning...
25. a  corporate  hacker  attack
26. on  jithube
28. the result? 5000+ installs 20+ volunteers 3 new extensions p P 8
29. what can 100 lines of code change?
30. everything
31. the  corporate  hackers  of  the  republic
32. talk  vs  do
36. talk vs do
37. Bulgaria lacks media pluralism but has IT talent
39. transparency support for independent media ! new media reality A well informed society is key to the development of every state. Bulgarians deserve to know who owns and controls the public message. Ownership needs to be more transparent. History needs to be remembered High school media education needs to happen asap in order to change the demand for quality content and encourage critical thinking among yourng people. We need to help build the next generation of journalists. Financial and moral support for media outlets that try to stay independent and self sufficient. Support for investigative journalism, financial and economic topics and reporters struggling to do their job well The goals Enable critical thinking
40. bulgaria media timeline microdonations for independent media ! new media reality A well informed society is key to the development of every state. Bulgarians deserve to know who owns and controls the public message. Ownership needs to be more transparent. History needs to be remembered High school media education needs to happen asap in order to change the demand for quality content and encourage critical thinking among yourng people. We need to help build the next generation of journalists. Financial and moral support for media outlets that try to stay independent and self sufficient. Support for investigative journalism, financial and economic topics and reporters struggling to do their job well The projects the high school media project
41. visibility
42. The bulgarian media timeline timeline.js wordpress crowdsouce + + A crowdsourced information platform on everything big that happened in bulgarian media since 1898 https://github.com/openmediabg/timeline
43. http://timeline.openmedia.bg
44. alternative  funding
45. Micro donations for independent media OSS platform for voting up quality content where every “vote” is a micro donation to the author of the article https://github.com/openmediabg/microdonations monthly donation donation button matching donations + + reward quality > reward authors +
46. [ ] % $ s Q quality content financial independence quality content gets awarded matching donations Start! Micro donations: Long term goals
47. media  education
48. The high school media project: the platform wordpress news/ magazine theme custom dashboard + microcopy + buddy press + Educate, Empower, Enable, Prepare, Connect. help children learn to question. Help children lear to think.
49. The high school media project % ! ] ] ] ] ]
50. The  fight
51. burst the bubble
52. we must choose between what is right, and what is easy Albus Dumbuldore
53. If you have an idea nowadays, with FOSS and the internet out there, you must never walk alone again
54. FOSS contributors around the world - We are an army Find something you care about. Fork a project. Implement your own solution.
55. thank  you @petyeah openmedia.bg