For an Alternative in the Media: The Building of a Global Network of Journalists

An international workshop of journalists was organized in Bangalore (India, December 7th to 10th, 2000) by Transforming Word, an Asian network of journalists and writers working on a "different" globalization, a civic alternative based on a social, economic, cultural and political commitment.
The workshop revealed a true convergence of views on the situation of the "mainstream media" and great expectations concerning reform and alternatives.
The workshop produced concrete projects: setting up a world network of journalists sharing information and stories (translated and published according to possibilities). This sharing has already started and will be shortly structured on a Web site displaying the philosophy of this professional network, and an appeal to journalists wishing to join us. The long-term objective is to create an alternative international "news service" providing informative data and stories/features to all media (both mainstream and alternative).