Donating to New Media Rights is an effective way of supporting the organization. There are also many other ways you can help get involved.
Ways individuals can support us
- Connect with us our Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube.
- Contribute blogs and articles that you would like us to publish on the site. You can submit pitches and and guest blogs to support@newmediarights.org
- Volunteer for one of our volunteer opportunities and internships some of which can be done remotely.
- Share your skills. If you're a digital rights advocate, share new resources, projects, and advocacy efforts with us. If you're a filmmaker, share your videos with us on digital rights topics.
- Donate. We rely on donations from individuals like you to provide our one-to-one free assistance, legal guides, and public media studio
Ways grantors and foundations can support us
We hope that grantors and foundations take the time to address the mounting difficulties internet users now face when they assert their free-speech rights and their rights to access public information. Moreover, we hope that any foundation that considers making a grant to New Media Rights will share our goal of eliminating censorship of independent media creators while promoting an open, competitive, and free internet.
If you are an individual or foundation interested in getting actual results, and helping hundreds of artists, developers, journalists, bloggers, and other creators when they need it most, please contact our Executive Director Art Neill at 619-591-8870 or art@newmediarights.org.
Coalitions & Accomplishments.
- As a part of the Online Media Legal Network, New Media Rights has offered assistance to innovative journalists, web services, and filmmakers who are shaping the future of journalism. While we receive no money from OMLN, we have consistently been one of the most active members of the network.
- New Media Rights is also a part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Participating Attorneys and Subpoena Defense resources. Through these networks, New Media Rights has helped many people with digital rights issues, including those accused of illegally filesharing copyrighted works.
- New Media Rights also has a role as a network in the digital creator community, and partnered with Mozilla Foundation on the Drumbeat initiative to create the Drumbeat San Diego, a community event that highlighted local open data, citizen 2.0, open source and creative commons projects.
- New Media Rights has worked on numerous policy efforts affecting individual creators and internet users, including work with the Government Accountability Project and Free Press on the Whistleblower Protection Act and Comcast-NBC merger. Other Policy work has included Net Neutrality, Broadband Legal Framework at the AT&T - T-mobile merger.
Responsible Fund Management.
New Media Rights is dedicated to ensuring that the millions of those creating and sharing online have quality legal assistance, and are empowered to understand and exercise their rights rights online. We have built a unique, beneficial, and efficient organization with a small staff and modest budget. We do this with the help of grants, individual donations, and volunteers.
Cy Pres eligibility
New Media Rights is open to cy pres awards for settlements dealing with privacy, data security, online consumer protection, copyright, and internet education and advocacy.
Acknowledgments
New Media Rights is an independent program of the 501(c)(3) Utility Consumers’ Action Network. Both organizations are located in San Diego, California.
