Are you an online media junkie?
Are you a community activist?
Are you a hacker?
Are you an A/V geek?
Are you a budding host / journalist / voice / performer / DJ?
Are you just interested in doing cool stuff with the coolest people?
My name is Scott Foval, and I'm all of these things. I'm also a really loud, liberal, mouthy, opinionated, techy, geeky, gay, community activist, writer, producer, and host. I'm putting together a new type of media station, based here in Chicago, that will serve the purpose of creating the "next" platform for news, information, radio, tv, podcasting, music, advertising, marketing, and community activism. Dubbed "the MediaHub," I am putting out the call for folks to join me in contributing the heavy people power, creative talent, development prowess, knowhow, and yes, money, to create this new kind of media studio in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.
Why Now? First, take a look at this piece I wrote about the Future of Journalism in Chicago . It gives the idea, for the most part, of what I am suggesting needs to be done.
The bottom line is, I've thrown down the gauntlet with my journalist and producer friends in a very public way, specifically because it will force me to put my ass on the line and actually lead by example. I have a lot of seriously talented friends, many of whom are looking for ways to do their best work, and get it out there, in a way that hasn't been done before.
I believe that it shouldn't take 10 Million Dollars to build or buy a station that reaches millions of people directly, acts as a community resource, and delivers cool content 24x7 around the globe. I also believe that the models that are out there so far...well, they just don't quite make it, yet, do they?
I've laid my own brand right on the line to make this happen. First and foremost, I took my own progressive talk radio show, which I originally created for a terrestrial radio station; and made it accessible to the world through an online open source model, to be hosted at ScottsBigMouth.com. I have asked people with their fingers in the Internet, TV, Radio, Progressive Politics, Media, GLBTQ, Green, and Journalism worlds to help me take my show, ScottsBigMouth, way beyond just a blog or radio show, to be a fully-operational 3 hour daily LIVE streaming media talk show, created with Open Source resources. This show, which will include an ensemble cast of characters, producers, reporters, contributors, directors, producers, engineers, technicians, developers, and yes, GEEKS, will take the whole idea of a LIVE show and blow it into a whole new universe. THE UNIVERSE, specifically.
The collective resources of the Internet, Open Source, Media, Journalism, Entertainment, Production, Activist, and Business communities; have the ability to create a digital news and entertainment "platform for live media interactive communications with a global audience" for fractions of what global Television or Radio networks can possibly create with their finite resources. The project, I believe, can collaborate to create and support "the MediaHub" now...right here in Chicago. With global contributions of resources and talent; "the MediaHub" could absolutely upend the entire pay media model and support massive change in the process.
What I really think we need here is to establish the free media equivalent of a global open source development collective, engaging every creative, marketer, business person, journalist, talent, corporate leader, and community leader available. To guarantee that truth, justice, and good journalism survives, we must pull together every revolutionary patriot we can muster. The first step is to create a "test bed" in a particular lab type of environment that would become "the MediaHub."
Are you interested in helping me? Do you have a show idea that "the MediaHub" could help launch? Do you know of others who might also be interested? Do you have technical, consulting, business, fundraising, grantwriting, journalism, media, or marketing expertise that will help it become a reality?
If so, then email me at this address: chicagomediahub@gmail.com . I will coordinate a conference session to begin the work. Time is of the essence, though. If you are interested, PLEASE DO NOT WAIT to respond. Email chicagomediahub@gmail.com right now and become a part of this new exciting community free media project.
Thank you, and feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions at my personal email address...
scott@foval.com
Thanks in advance for reading, and I hope to hear from you.
Peace,
SF
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Scott Foval
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