IndyMedia Center

The Independent Media Center (www.indymedia.org), was established by various independent and alternative media organizations and activists for the purpose of providing grassroots coverage of the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle last November. The center acted as a clearinghouse of information for journalists, and provided up-to-the-minute reports, photos, audio and video footage through its website. Using the collected footage, the Seattle Independent Media Center (seattle.indymedia.org) produced a series of five documentaries, uplinked every day to satellite and distributed throughout the United States to public access stations.
The center also produced its own newspaper, distributed throughout Seattle and to other cities via the internet, as well as hundreds of audio segments, transmitted through the web and Studio X, a 24-hour micro and internet radio station based in Seattle. The site, which uses a democratic open-publishing system, has since then logged more than 2 million hits, and was featured on America Online, Yahoo, CNN, BBC Online, and numerous other sites. Through a decentralized and autonomous network, hundreds of media activists have since setup independent media centers in London, Canada, Mexico City, Prague, Belgium, France, and Italy, with more to come.

* Since the creation of the Independent Media Center in late 1999 for the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle, IMC sites are being created all over the world. Check out coverage of protests, politics and life around the world.
arizona, US
atlanta, USA
belgium, Europe
boston, US
buffalo, US
calgary, Canada
chicago, US
cleveland, US
congo, Africa
france, Europe
hamilton, Canada
israel
italy, Europe
los angeles, US
madison, US
mayday, US
site melbourne, AUS
minneapolis, US
mexico
new york city, USA
ohio valley, US
ontario, Canada
philadelphia, US
portland, US
prague, Europe
rocky mountain, US
san francisco, US
seattle, US
san francisco, US
sydney, AUS
united kingdom, Europe
vancouver, Canada
washington d.c., US
windsor, Canada