by Sara Cederberg | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
UPDATE: On Thursday, April 17, the FCC GRANTED the request we made in the letter we filed last week! Talton’s highly redacted request for waiver from the new rate caps and consumer protections for incarcerated communications services will be paused indefinitely. With...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog, Open and Affordable Communications
UCC Media Justice, working alongside the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Unidos US, demanded that the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation delay the confirmation hearing for the Trump Administration’s current Federal...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 1, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
Lower rates for incarcerated people are here at last! April 1, 2025 marks an important day in the quest for communications justice. The FCC’s new rules apply to most of the country today. The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry (UCC Media Justice) has...
by Sara Cederberg | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog, Parker Lecture, Parker Lectures
Exciting news: Mark your calendars for the 43rd Annual Parker Lecture and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., at 8:00 am! We’ll announce more details in the coming months, including...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media
“The government has no place in the newsroom.” That was once a near-universal principle articulated by leaders on both sides of the aisle, including then–FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai — who later went on to serve as FCC Chairman under the first Trump administration. In...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity
This morning, the Federal Communications Commission appeared in a federal appellate court in New Orleans to defend its decision to adopt and enforce its long-standing but long-dormant workforce data collection rules for the broadcast industry. UCC Media Justice is...
