Media Watch: All Things to All People Meters

New radio ratings system kicks in

"...replacing Arbitron's antiquated diary system, which called on survey participants to write down their daily listening habits, a laughably..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

IFP Gotham Awards Announced

Linklater, Zellners among Texans who score nods

"...Howard Barish, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes, producers (AFFRM and Participant Media)..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food, Inc.

Documentary lifts the veil on our nation's food industry.

"...nudges the film into agitprop territory (much as distributor Participant Media did with the equally indispensable An Inconvenient Truth)...."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Support Our Troops – Plink a Quarter in Their Cup

ACLU firebrand Debbie Russel on homeless vets in Austin

"...further in his assessment. After failing to correct a participant for touting that everyone should call 911 to report..."

Aug. 20, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Panel: Film + Storytelling in a Politically-Charged Era

The mission hasn't changed, but the urgency has

"...Miura Kite, senior vice president of narrative television at Participant Media; and Hayley Pappas, head of RYOT Films, gathered..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Tinu Thomas

TV Eye

A Strange Brew of Old and New Media

"...placement and monetizing vs. creatives and content creators, a participant at the Flow Conference asked, "Who do you think..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...the access thing was in spending time with people. Participant Media came into the project at a certain point...."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Cultural Blips on a Distant Radar

R.I.P. Sluggo! founder Nick West

"...and did so with wit, clarity, and precision. Scene participant John Kays enumerated West’s genius in a recent story,..."

May 18, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...March behemoth that takes over Austin (whether you're a participant or not), SXSW released some tidbits on its 2017..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Show's new man-about-science, the former Austinite, the man whom media wags refer to as Carl Sagan 2.0...."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Eager 'Beaver'

SXSW Film announces six titles, including Mel Gibson's latest

"...Director: Jodie Foster, Writer: Kyle Killen Summit Entertainment and Participant Media Present in Association with Imagenation Abu Dhabi and..."

Jan. 13, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Recipe for Revolution

Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America

"...in the larger public discussion, helped along by backers Participant Media, better known for their role in An Inconvenient..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Democrats and Their Campaign Teams Train Up to Turn Texas Blue

The Texas Democratic Party focuses on flipping the state as early as 2020

"...worked diligently on drafting imaginary campaign launch emails, one participant – Ryan Payne, from Bell County – raised his..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Roxy Bonafont

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

"...that would keep her clean. She was the first participant in the program's 17-year history to be sent first..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Boys State

Austin-shot documentary tracks the future, confused leaders of America

"...a plenty big deal when I was a 16-year-old participant in 1983 in Sacramento. (I was the mayor of..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Mike Clark-Madison

The Circle

An absurd cautionary tale on technology

"...would like nothing better than to control-alt-delete all social media, The Circle uses finger-wagging scare tactics to admonish app-addicted..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Striking Sparks

When strangers team up to create a play and a video game in 10 weeks, sparks fly – in a good way

"...that runs on gas and electricity. To an ArtSpark participant, "hybrid" means double down...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...class last week, they would have learned that no participant was to set foot on private property. Main participants..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Think Positive

"...statement: either he was a witness to or a participant of unsafe sex; anything else is heresy and innuendo...."

May 8, 1998 Column

The Ongoing Tradition

The Taos Talking Pictures Festival has carved out a place as one of the country's top 10 film festivals with an eclectic, mellow mix of artists, activist politics, panels, and New Age philosophy.

"...quotes the Dalai Lama on the power of the media and the responsibility of those who work in it...."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Indeed, every issue of the Chronicle contains advertising seeking participants for drug studies far more graphic. In my mind,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column

Welfare Warfare

A Bill Is Born

"...canceled magazine subscriptions to save money and consolidated the participant eligibility assessment into a one-day process. "I wanted a..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...of oral histories, alongside posters, merch, and other retro media, to kick-start the History Center's growing hip-hop archives. As..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...Drag past the University of Texas' West Campus. One participant, in what was billed as an open carry walk,..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

'Karma' Chameleon

Is crowdsourced content the wave of the future?

"...today. But time and perhaps fatigue have changed things. Media watchers took note when Lucas recently gave his blessing..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...of all-star super-panel, a broader discussion based on each participant's area of expertise, while at the same time covering..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

What's New on the Social Web

Keeping up in the world of Tumblr and Reddit and Facebook and more

"...any subject. The culture of the site expects the participants to answer questions on a wide variety of subjects...."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Occupying the Future

Participants say they're in it for the long haul

"...a push from anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters – gained global media coverage a week later when a video surfaced of..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Ramon Martinez

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...directly to the other. Yes, please. Next time! Each participant had so much more to say, and I am..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

TV Eye

The Territory

"...season, The Territory is an electronic art gallery featuring media art from all over the world. Originating in Texas,..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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