Following in the footsteps of thousands of other community media producers around the world, the DC Independent Media Center (DC-IMC) has formed to provide an outlet for video, audio, print and photographic work and collaboration. The DC-IMC is dedicated to building media democracy and increasing community access to technology and information. The DC-IMC is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization of independent media producers and investigative researchers, and operates in solidarity with an international network of independent media centers to create a viable alternative to the profit-driven agenda of the corporate media.

From Global Indymedia Network:

The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity.

Newswire Policy:

In accordance with the DC IMC's overall mission, the online newswire is designed to empower individuals to become independent and civic journalists by providing a direct, unmoderated forum for presenting media, including text articles, audio and video recordings, and photographs, to the public via the internet. Within that general framework, we specifically encourage individuals to publish:

* Researched, timely articles;

* Eyewitness accounts of progressive actions and demonstrations;

* Coverage of DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia regional issues;

* Media analysis;

* Investigative reports exposing injustice;

* Stories on events affecting underrepresented groups

* Media produced from within underrepresented groups;

* Local stories with national or global significance;

* Stories on people or projects working towards social and economic justice.

* Original, underreported stories of local, regional, national, or global importance;