Editing AlterNet (section)

=== Independent Media Institute ===
AlterNet was founded in the fall of 1987 by the Institute for Alternative Journalism (IAJ),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no94003172|title=Institute for Alternative Journalism [WorldCat Identities]|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015817/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no94003172/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=about /> which was incorporated in December 1983 with a mission to serve as a clearinghouse for important local stories generated by the members of the [[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]] (AAN). 

The founding editor of AlterNet was Alan Green, who with his deputy, Margaret Engle, created print and electronic mechanisms to syndicate both the works of AAN papers and freelance contributors, among them [[Michael Moore]] and [[Abbie Hoffman]]. Engle took over for Green in 1989 and ran the news service until 1993, in that time dramatically expanding AlterNet's base of contributors and client newspapers. Upon her resignation, Engle was succeeded by Don Hazen, who had been hired by IAJ in 1991 to be its first executive director. AlterNet publishes a combination of policy critiques, investigative reports and analysis, grassroots success stories, and personal narratives. Christine Triano was associate director of the Institute for Alternative Journalism, in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/16/business/in-los-angeles-war-of-weeklies-erupts.html|title=In Los Angeles, War of Weeklies Erupts|first=Andrea|last=Adelson|website=The New York Times|date=16 September 1996|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232042/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/16/business/in-los-angeles-war-of-weeklies-erupts.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="the-independent-media-institute">{{cite web|url=http://www.alternet.org/the-independent-media-institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531134647/http://www.alternet.org/the-independent-media-institute|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 May 2017|title=The Independent Media Institute - Alternet|date=31 May 2017|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>

''Media Heroes'' are annual awards by the Institute for Alternative Journalism.<ref name="albionmonitor.com" /> [[Frederick Clarkson]] was named among the "Media Heroes of 1992"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/1/31/162026/484|title=&#124; Interview with the Blogger, Part 1|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113136/http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/1/31/162026/484|url-status=live}}</ref> James Danky was named a Media Hero in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://experts.news.wisc.edu/experts/james-danky|title=James Danky :: UW–Madison Experts|website=experts.news.wisc.edu|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref> In 1995, Media Heroes awards went to Public Media Center, [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]], Institute for Global Communications, Janine Jackson, [[Laura Flanders]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4thmedia.org/2011/01/the-violence-of-the-broken-economy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920114931/http://www.4thmedia.org/2011/01/the-violence-of-the-broken-economy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2015|title=The 4th Media » The Violence of the Broken Economy|date=20 September 2015|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref> [[CounterSpin (radio program)|CounterSpin]], Gary Delgado, [[David Barsamian]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://taosnews.com/stories/david-barsamian-to-speak-in-taos,43541|title=David Barsamian to speak in Taos|website=taosnews.com|date=8 October 2017|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806054038/https://taosnews.com/stories/david-barsamian-to-speak-in-taos,43541|url-status=live}}</ref> Alternative Radio, Haiti Truth Team, [[Salim Muwakkil]], John Schwartz, and Artists for a Hate Free America were presented in MediaCulture Review, January/February 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~mernst/media/mediaculture-review-heroes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990117014012/http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~mernst/media/mediaculture-review-heroes.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 1999|title=Ten Media Heroes|date=17 January 1999|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref> 

In 1996, Leslie Savan was named one of "The Top Ten Media Heroes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/47087/leslie-savan|title=Leslie Savan - Penguin Random House|website=www.penguinrandomhouse.com|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130647/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/47087/leslie-savan|url-status=live}}</ref> Patricia Scott, and Julie Drizin were named to the "Top Ten Media Heroes of 1996"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pacifica.org/about_history.php|title=The Pacifica Foundation|website=www.pacifica.org|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630112618/http://www.pacifica.org/about_history.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul Klite, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Media Watch, received a Media Hero Award from the Institute for Alternative Journalism in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigmedia.org/texts9.html|title=Paul Klite Obituary|website=bigmedia.org|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031003752/http://bigmedia.org/texts9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amy Goodman]], [[Bob Herbert]], ''[[Detroit Sunday Journal]]'', [[Gary Webb]], [[Herbert Schiller]], [[James Ridgeway]], [[Karl Grossman]], [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]], [[Norman Solomon]], and [[Urvashi Vaid]] received the 1997 Media Hero Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albionmonitor.com/9801a/97mediahero.html|date=January 3, 1998|title=1997 Media Heroes|website=albionmonitor.com|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232035/http://albionmonitor.com/9801a/97mediahero.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, Media Heroes awards were presented at the second Media & Democracy Congress.<ref name="albionmonitor.com" /> The Institute for Alternative Journalism named Barsamian one of its Top Ten Media Heroes.

The IAJ became the Independent Media Institute some time before December 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://aan.org/aan/a-report-from-the-imi-board-meeting/|title=A Report From the IMI Board Meeting • Association of Alternative Newsmedia|date=9 December 1999|work=Association of Alternative Newsmedia|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US|archive-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013920/http://aan.org/aan/a-report-from-the-imi-board-meeting/|url-status=live}}</ref> After the sale of AlterNet to the new company, AlterNet Media in April 2018, the Independent Media Institute<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/~samato/IRA/reviews/issues/oct01/alternet-rev.html|title=Internet Review: AlterNet|website=www.bowdoin.edu|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027150724/http://www.bowdoin.edu/~samato/IRA/reviews/issues/oct01/alternet-rev.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/~samato/IRA/index.html|title=College and Research Libraries News Internet Reviews Archive|website=www.bowdoin.edu|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620203736/http://www.bowdoin.edu/~samato/IRA/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (IMI) launched a series of new programs<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://independentmediainstitute.org/projects-programs/|title=Projects & Programs - Independent Media Institute|work=Independent Media Institute|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US|archive-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013926/https://independentmediainstitute.org/projects-programs/|url-status=live}}</ref> including the Make It Right Project.