i helped found and currently write for and co-edit our city's progressive alternative paper, the madison observer:

www.madisonobserver.org

we focus on unheard or distorted voices and have been pretty succesful since we started-- april 2003.

for y'all out there looking to do some good, media is very, very important. by working with indepenedent media, you can build bridges between different community activist groups and give everyone a forum to discuss tactics, educate each other or whatever. it's an insane amount of work, but if you can find a good group of dedicated people who are interested in this, it's really important.