This site is an open-source service of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a non-partisan research effort.  We bring together professional and citizen journalists, multimedia technologies, political strategists and educators seeking to change the future and financing of civic-focused, watchdog journalism.

Why did we create this service? LINK TO ANSWER.

You're welcome to browse this site.  To post to it, you must register and await an invitation to join.

• You can bookmark our News Aggregator and suggest RSS feeds for us to include.
• As an invited user, you will also have your own subsidiary blog within MGP-Forum.
• Likewise, you can use the Discussion Forum to initiate or participate in threaded discussions by web or by

OTHER MEDIA GIRAFFE PROJECT RESOURCES:

• Prospects profile database
• News and reference information
• Source material and links
• U.S. local online citizen websites listed
• Media Giraffe Project mission/links

MGP-Forum.org is made possible by the donated services of Agaric Design, a multimedia collective focusing on open source web development.