The question many of the refugees from the Occupy Wall Street movement are asking themselves is a perennial one. Simply put, if a tree falls in the forest and there's no one to hear the sound, will it make the CNN ticker?
I thought this might be of interest to the protesters in the Kos community. If you're an activist and you have been noticing the way that mainstream media ignores your cause, you might find this information helpful. Marni Halasa is an activist who has managed to parlay coverage of her outrageous outfits and signs into reportage on the issues she cares about. Marni Halasa has been drawing cameras and the reporters who tote them about to Occupy wall Street demonstrations for several years, and her protest tactics have been written about in the NY Times. Marni is going to be at this weekend’s Left Forum event in NYC, heading a panel on How to Stage an Effective Media Worthy Protest & Get Attention for Your Cause. There’s information about the panel on Facebook right here. If you want to know more about her work, there's a radio interview about the event here.