DAGGER 24 Hour News Service

We took some time to set up an account over at BlogShares.com and in so doing found some wonderful blogs that deserve attention.  We'll be featuring some of those blogs in future articles but for now we are linking to them on the left hand side of our page. 

If you haven't played BlogShares it's a lot of fun and you can get pretty creative with it.  I'm still learning but have already climbed to the top of the newbie charts in just one day!

If only the money were real...

The rest of the site has been checked for SNAFU's and I realized that posting newsfeeds within a blogpost confuses most feedreaders.  So from now on any javascript newsfeeds must be placed on there own web page and linked to.

I also tried my hand at a new CutePHP application for news and newsfeeds and so far it seems very easy to run.  I'll link to it when it is ready for new members. 

I wanted to display 8 alternative news sources on the same page. I also wanted to include 5 stories from each source and only the titles of each story to be listed.

So, I went to FeedBucket and entered the newsfeeds then copied the coding they provide at the bottom of the page that displays a newsfeed on an HTML page. I copied the coding from there to a new web page and placed each newsfeed in one of eight table cells.

You can see the result here

Basically it is a simple way to make your own newsreader, one that doesn't have unwanted ads or information tracking connected with it.  Go to the link and select view source, select all the information and copy it to your own website.  Just replace the feeds with your own favorites.

The Ergosphere has some thoughts on energy, hurricanes, long term goals, self-sustaining systems, transportation, incentive structures and a lot more.  Anyone dealing with economic and energy policy should be required to read this and respond.  Hey, it even includes charts and graphs for those policy makers who find reading to be a bore.

Tuesday night is your chance to tell Washington policymakers how well the media are serving your community.

Please join Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) and Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media in Hyde Park for a public forum on media ownership with Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps.

Here are the details:

Public Hearing on the Future of Media
Tuesday, Nov. 21
6:00 p.m.
The Wallace Center (the FDR Center in Hyde Park)
4079 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY
Click Here for more information and directions

Now that the FCC is again considering sweeping changes to the nation's media ownership rules, it's critical for you to make your voice heard.

This hearing -- which is free and open to the public -- is a rare chance to participate directly in creating media policies that serve the public interest. The event will feature an open microphone session for you to offer testimony on media issues.

There will also be a series of panel discussions on how media concentration affects local news and information. Along with Congressman Hinchey and Comissioner Copps, panel participants will include Congressman-elect John Hall (D-NY 19 Dist); Rev. Willis Freeman, Kingston NAACP; Dr. Roberto Calderin, Latinos Unidos; and Julie McQuain, president, JPMR Associates.

I hope you'll attend the forum on Tuesday night. Please let all your friends and neighbors know about this special event.

Onward,

Amanda Ballantyne
Field Organizer
Free Press
www.freepress.net

P.S. To learn more about media ownership issues check out http://www.stopbigmedia.com

Here are some select news feeds from worthy organizations and groups. I'll be including some of the feeds on various pages here soon.  If you'd like us to include your blog's news feed please share it in the comments.

Amnesty International Latest News xml

Greenpeace News feedburner

Worldpress Middle East News feedburner 

The Left Coaster rdf

LabourStart xml

Guardian Unlimited Politics xml

LISNews rss