A new, web-based interactive magazine, hotfrog.org, presents gifted writers chronicling today’s unprecedented global “movement of movements” from the ground up. Hosted by Hotfrog founder and Orion cofounder Laurie Lane-Zucker; with Rebecca Solnit, author of Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics; awardwinning journalist and former publicist and editor of Mother Jones, Mark Dowie; and Eddie Yuen, author and media studies professor at New College. (A6)

What is the state of environmental investigative journalism in a corporate media culture running on obfuscation, spin and disinformation? Hosted by Mother Jones editor-in-chief Monika Bauerlein; with Douglas Fischer of The Oakland Tribune; Julia Whitty, environmental correspondent for Mother Jones; and Margot Roosevelt, environmental reporter, Los Angeles Times. (B5)

How are savvy progressive media professionals successfully using broad-based, popular media as vehicles to change our culture’s story? With Leila Conners-Petersen and Nadia Conners, Tree Media Group’s producer/director sister team of Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour; and Paul Lussier, producer/director of the Discovery Channel’s forthcoming environmental dramatic series, FINAL HOUR. Moderated by KPFK’s Free Forum host Terrence McNally. (A17)

Discover the films and filmmakers who are making a better world.

How can citizens use Web 2.0 interactivity to gain access to tools to become more politically effective and creative? Join leading-edge webizen activists for the latest, greatest practical tips. Hosted by Alternet publisher Don Hazen; with James Rucker of Color of Change; Deanna Zandt of Hightower Lowdown; and Theeba Soundararajan, media and technology justice coordinator for Third World Majority. (A24)