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Stevie Converse

Outreach Manager
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Stevie develops and implements strategies that connect the Free Press staff with the public. She manages speaking opportunities and participation in local, regional, national and international events. Previously she wrote, produced and co-hosted the weekly Media Minutes radio show, managed Free Press multimedia productions and edited the Media Reform Daily, now known as the Media Fix. Stevie earned her B.A. in critical social thought, with a concentration in political ideas and communication technology, from Mount Holyoke College.

Blog Posts

  • Knocking AT&T’s Deal to Devour T-Mobile

    Stevie Converse
    March 23, 2011

    AT&T wants you to think that its takeover of T-Mobile will lower your wireless bills and give you more choices for plans. Industry analysts are already filling our TV screens with prognostications to prop up AT&T’s promises of a bright new wireless future.

  • Canadians Step Up to Stop the Meter

    Stevie Converse
    March 2, 2011

    Canadian Internet users rose up to defend Internet freedom when they beat back an attempt by the big telecoms to meter broadband usage. After a public outcry, both the liberal and conservative parties came together to stop the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission – the Canadian version of the U.S.

  • San Francisco Public Press in Big Print

    Stevie Converse
    June 11, 2010

    The San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit online news organization, is about to launch a pilot print edition. In an era where other newspapers are shrinking in size, the SF Public Press is going big – with 28 full-size broadsheet pages full of news and features – with no paid advertising.

    In this week's Media Minutes, SF Public Press Director of Operations Lila LaHood talks about why she thinks print is still important. She also hints at some of the creative ways the paper will be telling the news. The audio and the transcript can be found here.

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