Steve Anderson (Open Media Advocate)
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Steve Anderson is a Vancouver
-based Canadian open media advocate, writer, video producer, and social media consultant. He writes a monthly syndicated column called “Media Links”. Anderson was instrumental in starting a nation-wide grassroots
campaign to stop the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) from allowing usage-based billing and ending flat-rate Internet access in Canada.
Anderson was instrumental in sparking a nation-wide public campaign against a decision by the CRTC to allow Bell Canada
to impose usage-based billing, which would effectively end Canada's flat-rate Internet access. His efforts reached the prime minister
's office attracted international attention.
, and Free Speech TV
. Anderson's writing has appeared in numerous local and national print and online publications such as The Tyee
, the Toronto Star
, Epoch Times, Adbusters
, Rabble.ca, Common Ground, Vue Weekly and Social Policy Magazine. Steve is a contributing author to Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories, and Battleground: The Media.
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
-based Canadian open media advocate, writer, video producer, and social media consultant. He writes a monthly syndicated column called “Media Links”. Anderson was instrumental in starting a nation-wide grassroots
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
campaign to stop the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) from allowing usage-based billing and ending flat-rate Internet access in Canada.
National campaign
Anderson is the founder and current national coordinator of OpenMedia.ca, a Canadian nonprofit organization working to advance and support an open and innovative communications system in Canada.Anderson was instrumental in sparking a nation-wide public campaign against a decision by the CRTC to allow Bell Canada
Bell Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
to impose usage-based billing, which would effectively end Canada's flat-rate Internet access. His efforts reached the prime minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
's office attracted international attention.
Writer and commentator
Anderson is a regular commentator on media and telecommunications developments, appearing both in Vancouver and Canadian national media. Anderson has worked for The Real News, FreePress, The Center for Media and DemocracyCenter for Media and Democracy
The Center for Media and Democracy is a non-profit investigative reporting group. The CMD gives analysis and opinion on policies such as the economy, environment and national security...
, and Free Speech TV
Free Speech TV
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. Anderson's writing has appeared in numerous local and national print and online publications such as The Tyee
The Tyee
The Tyee is an independent Canadian online web magazine, which focuses on coverage of news and media issues in British Columbia.The Tyee was launched in November 2003 by David Beers, a journalist who had previously been associated with the Vancouver Sun...
, the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, Epoch Times, Adbusters
AdBusters
The Adbusters Media Foundation is a Canadian-based not-for-profit, anti-consumerist, pro-environment organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia...
, Rabble.ca, Common Ground, Vue Weekly and Social Policy Magazine. Steve is a contributing author to Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories, and Battleground: The Media.