Steve Anderson
Steve Anderson is the founder and executive director of OpenMedia.ca, an award-winning, Canadian nonprofit organization working to advance and support an open and innovative communications system in Canada. OpenMedia.ca best known for the Stop The Meter campaign, which is widely considered the biggest online campaign in Canadian history.
Steve is also an open internet advocate, writer, and social media consultant. His writing has appeared in numerous local and national publications including The Tyee, the Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, The National Post, Epoch Times, Common Ground, and Vue Weekly. Steve is a contributing author of the CPPA book The Internet Tree, and also writes a monthly syndicated column called “Media Links.”
Reporting Beat: Digital policy, internet governance, media democracy.
Twitter: @steve_media
Website: Steve Anderson on OpenMedia.ca
Stories by Steve Anderson
A People's Plea: Don't Spy on Us
Parliament heard this 'crowdsourced' testimony against Bill C-13's attack on citizens' privacy.
Canada's Spy Watchdogs Are Lobbyists, and That's a Problem
When government listens to industry (Big Telecom, anyone?), and not citizens, we all suffer.
Occupy's Strength? Web Power!
Vancouver site's open-source, collaborative style shows the might of a web-modelled world.
Taking Back the Internet
Three greedy grabs by Big Telecom, and how to put the Net back in peoples' hands.
Tories Still Bent on Sweeping Cyber-Spying Powers
Stripped from crime bill, online surveillance law not dead despite massive opposition.
Canadians Should Make the Rules, Not Big Telecom
CRTC invites 'stakeholders' to help it decide. Why so few small innovators and regular citizens?
Say No to Forced Internet Spying
The government wants to make providers monitor your personal info online.
Vote for the Engine of Social Change
Time to take a stand on future of the Internet, and make politicians do the same.
Why We Fight (for the Internet)
Let them close the Net by metering or throttling, and it's a defeat for sharing, creativity, and human potential.
Don't Take Digital Innovation for Granted
In Canada, powerful actors want to make the Net more expensive, less open.
Idea #3: Let's You and Me Transform the CBC
Canada's public broadcaster says it wants public involvement. We should take them seriously, and get active.
TV versus the Internet
Telecoms undermining the open Net to favour their own digital TV services? Here's evidence it's happening.
The Community Media Fund that Never Was
The CRTC had a perfect chance to strengthen local independents. It failed.
In Defence of the CRTC
Recent rulings suggest the electronic media regulator can do the right thing when faced with public pressure.
A Digital Strategy for Whom? Industry or Society?
Ottawa wants your vision for Canada's digital future. Is it just about business?
Al Jazeera Is Here, and That's Good for Diversity
Canadian in charge vows 'every angle, every side, regardless of consequences.'
Whose Digital Media Revolution?
Feds will give millions to old media giants to revamp, shutting out the little guys who are true groundbreakers. Unless you act.
A Lost Chance to Save an Open Internet
Tories want to lift foreign ownership rules for telecom. First, insure our open access to the Net.
Why Are Tories Giving up on Canadian Innovation?
We could lead in mobile communications and other tech, but Harper doesn't seem to agree.
One Sure Olympics Winner: New Media
W2's Media House is base camp for pumped new players. Social media bulked up 82 per cent this year.
Big Cable Owes Us $100 Million
And maybe eight times that, after misspending community media funds to further their own aims.
Make Sure They're Not Throttling Us
Keep the Internet open and creative. The CRTC needs to watchdog ISP practices.
This Is Independent Media's Moment
Tomorrow is Media Democracy Day in Vancouver. The potential is huge.
From the Asper Model to Fresh Media
Canwest's financial mess was mapped in Ottawa. Time to steer towards creative diversity.
A New Vision for Community TV
Centres like Vancouver's W2 promise a more democratic way to create televised media.
The News Is Getting More Social
People would rather converse than be told, so journalism is opening up.
Canada Needs a Serious Agenda for Media Innovation
Support an open Internet, and the creative efforts it allows.
The Power of Twitter
And Facebook and Unconferences, too. Social media's amazing tools for positive action.
Keep Canada's Internet Open
Big telecoms are trying to ruin Net democracy. Tell the feds to stop them.
Who Will Control Our Digital Soul?
Internet battle lines are drawn in Canada. Here's what's at stake.
Media Debate Ready for Take Off
First of 'Media Links,' a new column about news media and democracy.
