Yolanda Hippensteele
As outreach director at the national, nonpartisan media reform group Free Press, Yolanda Hippensteele has been working 16-hour days “to figure out how to wrest control of the media from the hands of a few big corporations and create a media system that supports justice and equality.” In addition to creating Free Press’ Media Reform Toolkit, Hippensteele directed the National Conference for Media Reform and has organized everything from local town meetings to FCC hearings. “The National Conference for Media Reform is a gathering for people who see something wrong with the state of our media system and want to work for change,” she says. “Over 3,000 activists, journalists, scholars, media producers, tech geeks, bloggers, policymakers, artists and concerned citizens are coming together to share all the big ideas and make all the connections that will help us chart a course for creating a media system that speaks to the needs of the public, not profit.” –MF
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