Tell the world about Newsdesk.org & News You Might Have Missed Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:02:47 -0700 Dear Readers, One of the biggest challenges for any news project -- especially one specializing in news that DOESN'T make the mainstream -- is getting the word out. So, we're asking for your help in recruiting new subscribers for the News You Might Have Missed email list. We'd be grateful if you could tell your friends, family, co-workers and peers about our work, and encourage them to sign up here: http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/nymhm/ As journalists and avid news junkies, our dilemma is that we live in a society with a media culture that's obsessed with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Everyone complains about commercial news outlets that fixate on celebrities, scandal and trivia. But, the fact is, that kind of news -- especially on the Web, where it's all about pushing buttons for instant gratification -- gets gobbled up like candy by the millions. What we're trying to do with Newsdesk.org and NYMHM is to create a NEW circuit that can get the important news into circulation. We're building it practically by hand, and we need your help getting people connected to it. Please let them know about what Newsdesk.org has been doing, and invite them to sign up here: http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/nymhm/ The important news isn't always glitzy or glamorous. A strike by 27,000 Egyptian textile workers is just not going to sell papers like Britney's hairdo. But, at the end of the day ... people still kvetch endlessly about the inadequacy of commercial media. We guarantee that as the 2008 election season ramps up, complaints about that inadequacy are only going to increase. We can work together to create an alternative circuit for getting important news into circulation. We have a bit more than 1,900 people on our email list. We need many times that to make a REAL difference ... 25,000 would be a nice start ... dare we dream of as many as 300,000 subscribers? How about twice that? It'll be work, but we can do it, especially if you tell your friends, and ask them to sign up here: http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/nymhm/ Our email subscriber base is our lifeblood. Subscribers get our work into circulation, make donations, and tip us off on important news the mainstream is missing. Help us build a solid foundation for the future of this project, which is far more ambitious than simply doing a weekly newsletter of overlooked reportage from around the world. We'll share those details with you in the coming weeks and months. Just remember: in the end, this isn't about Newsdesk.org, but about the *conversation of democracy* itself, which right now is being drowned out by commercial breaks, celebrity scandals, yapping talk-show hosts and canned laugh tracks. Thanks for helping create a new circuit for that conversation, by helping sign up new subscribers to Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed. If each one of you can bring in TWO to FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS, we'll have more than doubled our listserv. Refer your best prospects here, with our thanks: http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/nymhm/ The sky's the limit! Sincerely, Josh Wilson Editor * Newsdesk.org Julia Scott Editor * News You Might Have Missed Jen Anderson Founder * News You Might Have Missed -- Newsdesk.org News You Might Have Missed: Subscribe: _______________________________________________ NYMHM mailing list NYMHM@lists.artsandmedia.net http://lists.artsandmedia.net/mailman/listinfo/nymhm