GOLD Leadership Program

A GOLD Workshop Program

The "alternative" press can mean many things to different people.  Some view it as a check on the mainstream media.  Others see alternative media as a small group of disenfranchised voices.  Whether liberal or conservative, radical or libertarian, there is a medium to send a particular message.  This can be as simple as a newspaper column, a magazine article, or a web site.  This workshop is designed as an introduction to becoming "media literate" and provides a glimpse into the world of the alternative press resources available on the web, as well as enabling users to evaluate and analyze the resources they find, in light of objectivity, accuracy, and authority of sources. We will look at and examine the many sources of alternative media available on the web:  newspapers, magazines, political satire, radio, weblogs, organizational websites, and databases.  Also, we will discover ways to find these sources of alternative media through online indexes, web portals, and print publications.  Finally, we will discuss ways to evaluate and judge alternative press resources, so you can become information and media literate citizens.