FROM:
http://www.griid.org/whatwedo.shtml
The Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy provides:
Media Literacy Workshops for educators, parents, students, non-profit organizations and community groups on - violence, gender, race, health issues, crime, advertising, public relations, the environment, the economy, democracy and consumerism.
GRIID acts as a local media Watchdog, monitoring news, commercialism, ownership and the media''s responsibility to the public.
Workshops on How to Engage the Commercial Media- from doing what they ask to getting the Media to serve the Public Interest.
Research on local commercial & news media.
Published reports on local news coverage.
GRIID coordinates the CMC Tele-Democracy Project - hosting and broadcasting local candidate forums, voter information and monitoring local news media coverage of elections.
Hosting community forums through its Media & Society Series.
Free Media Resources through our lending library; books, videos and curriculum materials.
Presentations for University, High School and Grade School classes.