All 44 articles by Megan Tady
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AT&T Wants to Monopolize Everything
If you're one of AT&T's 96 million customers, no doubt you've experienced the frustrations of dropped calls...
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What You Need to Know About the Assault on NPR and PBS
Congressional attacks on public media seem to come as regularly as NPR fundraising drives. Every year, as the...
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Keeping Up With Community Radio
Commercial broadcasters are less than thrilled that they'll soon have new neighbors on the nation's radio spectrum. They're...
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The End of the Internet as We Know It?
Tomorrow morning, the country's five federal communications commissioners will be casting votes that could dramatically alter the Internet. ...
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Haiti News Start-Up Challenges Conventional Reconstruction Wisdom
January's devastating earthquake flooded Haiti with millions of dollars in foreign aid and hundreds of journalists from around...
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Media, Stop Abusing Female Candidates
There is a fear both subtle and obvious running rampant through our news media. It is not fear...
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Copyright Enragement
Bloggers beware: a company is scouring the Internet for copyright infringement, and then filing lawsuits against virtually any...
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USPS to Struggling Publications: Take a Hike
A familiar foe is once again threatening the future of many U.S. magazines and newspapers--and it's not...
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When Journalists Are Attacked, We’re All Wounded
During last month's G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, which brought together finance ministers and central bank heads from 20...
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Hate Corporate Radio? Well Speak Up—the FCC Is Listening
Conservative radio talk show host Al Roney offered listeners a local perspective on WGY, an AM station in...
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Dear N.J. Gov.: Don’t Gut Your Public Media
If ever there were a state in need of a vicious press corps, with reporters camped out at...
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Still Missing: Women in the Media
A week before I graduated from college in 2002, my adviser called me into his office for a "welcome...
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The Courts Can’t Take Away Our Internet
Tuesday's ruling for Comcast by the DC Circuit Court could be the biggest blow to our nation's primary...
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Building Better Media
Across the country, community media projects have been sprouting out of a dying traditional media system that has...
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Just Say No to Mega-Media Marriages
It's a bad marriage--the kind that makes you want to run down the aisle yelling, "Stop the wedding!"...
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Consolidation Station: News ‘Sharing’ Erodes Journalism
Television broadcasters in the Aloha State have been quietly embarking on an underhanded media merger for more than...
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Drowning Out the Noise Machine
Journalism is breaking my heart. Or should I say, "journalism." Hate-mongering media extremists have captured our news networks...
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Will ‘Astroturf’ Groups Block Net Neutrality Reform?
Chris McGreal, a reporter for Britain's Guardian newspaper, took to the road last month to report on how...
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Mr. President, Help Save the News
In late July, former CBS news anchor Dan Rather sent murmurs through the journalism world when he called...
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The Stupidity of ‘Smart’ Phones
Apple's iPhone looks good enough to eat. I've yet to take a bite of this "smart" phone, but...
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Capitol Improvement
If nonprofits are supposed to save journalism, why aren't their reporters allowed into congressional press galleries?
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Big Cable’s Internet Rip-Off
You'll have to excuse me--I'm a little tired, having stayed up all night watching episodes of Lost online....
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Building A Broadband Bridge that Holds Weight
Jay Foushee has called his local phone company in rural Roxboro, N.C., numerous times to plead for...
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Washington Reporters’ Mass Exodus
There's a problem with journalism when a newspaper lays off a reporter like Phil Dine. For 20 years, Dine...
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Offline Youth Struggle in Online World
Antonio Reyes and Julian Rosas grew up together in California's San Fernando Valley. Now 17 and seniors in high...
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Millions of Americans Still Crawling With Dial-Up
Brian Beaudet lives in what's locally called a "holler" in rural Marshall, N.C. "It's very secluded but...
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In South Bend, a Dangerous Media Deal
One of the most damaging media consolidation deals in the country is quietly underway in Indiana's fourth largest...
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The $70 Billion Spectrum Rip-Off
As many viewers struggle with the transition to digital TV, commercial broadcasters can look forward to a massive giveaway
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Wireless to the People
I'm no football fan, but I paid close attention to Saturday's preseason showdown between the Washington Redskins and...
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What’s So ‘Free’ About Philly’s New Wi-Fi Plan?
Without a computer and the knowledge to get online wirelessly, "free Wi-Fi" isn't truly free and accessible. Offering...
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Why Is Yazan Sawalha in Prison?
Israel has detained the son of a prominent Palestinian peace activist, and refuses to say why.
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The Military’s Stealth Test
School districts are beginning to keep the results of a dodgy student aptitude test out of the hands of military recruiters
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When Protectors Become Predators
Perhaps the greatest danger to endangered species is the Bush administration
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Biofuels Are No Cure for Climate Change
Don't judge a climate cure by its color. Give it a rub, and you'll find that the term 'biofuels' is actually obscuring an insidious reality
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Justice for Some
Restrictions on federal grants starve the poor of much-needed legal representation.
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Feeding the Hungry is a Crime
City councils are cracking down on charity groups that feed the homeless without a permit
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Recipe For Disaster
What's (not) in a food label?
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Who Does U.S. Food Aid Benefit?
Current policies favor giant shipping companies and agribusinesses over the starving populations they are supposed to serve
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Offsets Aren’t Enough
Two environmental groups cave in to Big Coal in Texas.
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Sins of Omission
As the FAA seeks to expand air travel, is it giving concerns about aviation's effects on climate change the attention they deserve?
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A Win in the Water War
Stockton, Calif., residents have stopped one multinational company from taking over their water system, but other localities remain threatened
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The Great Spectrum Giveaway
This October might be the last chance for local community radio stations to receive high-power licenses from the FCC.
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Rocking Out To Our Demise
It'll take more than outdoor concerts to stop global warming
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The Battle for the Air
The EPA will decide today whether to strengthen its smog standards
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