HISTORY OF ING'S ACTIVITY WITH THE MEDIA AGENCIES
Local and National
1993-2005

ING media programs produce the following type of media coverage and events:

a) News articles and stories in newspapers, television, radio, and wire services, which place Muslims in the context of family and community, thereby balancing negative coverage and dispelling long held stereotypes about Islam and Muslims. Generation of these involve Media Campaigns.
b) Press Releases (PR), which state position statements relating to current events
c) Press Releases (PR), which promote Muslim conferences & events
d) Station IDs for television, resulting from media campaigns
e) Public Service Announcements (PSA's) for television and radio
f) Thematic seminars on issues relating to the Muslim world
g) Community meetings with media executive managers and senior editors

Since the inception of the media program in February 1993, ING has produced the following events:


2005

MAY
- TV, Jaiza TV Cable Program, Fremont, CA

APRIL
- Radio, MeccaOne Radio Program, San Jose State University

JULY
- Press Conference, London Bombings
- Press Conference, London Bombings
- TV, Arab American Television Program, San Jose, CA


2004

AUGUST
- PR: Remembrance of 9/11 Attacks

NOVEMBER
- Television Program, Idaho Public TV

DECEMBER
- TV, Arab-American Television Program, San Jose, CA
- Radio Talk Show, Clear Channel Communication, Talk 910


2003

FEBRUARY
- Lecture: Community Television of Santa Cruz, "Voices" Program

MARCH
- Press Conference: ING's Response to the War in Iraq

MAY
- Lecture: Arab TV


2002

ONGOING
- Participation in KQED Advisory Board meetings and retreats

MAY
- Lectures at Launch of the "Islam Project", KQED

AUGUST
- PR: Remembrance of 9/11 Attacks

DECEMBER
- Media Salon with KQED

2001

ONGOING
- Participation in KQED Advisory Board meetings and retreats

FEBRUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Adha

SEPTEMBER
- Media Campaign: Terrorist Attacks of 9/11

OCTOBER
- Media Campaign: Women in Solidarity Event
- Lecture: "9/11 Aftermath", Public Affairs Meeting, San Jose

NOVEMBER
- Lecture: "9/11 Aftermath", Public Affairs Meeting, San Francisco


2000

ONGOING
- Participation in KQED Advisory Board meetings and retreats

JANUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr

APRIL
- Media Campaign: "African Muslims in the Americas," Zaytuna conference

AUGUST
- Meeting with KQED regarding the need for new programming on area's diversity

OCTOBER
- Media Campaign: Ramadan

DECEMBER
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr


1999

ONGOING
- Participation in KQED Advisory Board meetings and retreats

JANUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr

FEBRUARY
- PR - "Seminar on Iran's 20th Anniversary" (Islamic Cultural Center of N. California)

MARCH
- Media Campaign: Hajj/Eid ul-Adha
- Media Campaign: Station Ids for television
- Seminar: "Religion in the Media," UC Berkeley

APRIL
- PR - "Islamic New Year 1420"
- Meeting with KQED programming editors: films relating to Muslims and Arabs
- KQED/PBS-sponsored forum: "Islam in America; Beyond the Stereotype," held at MCA

MAY
- Meeting with KQED producers regarding Jack Shaheen's documentary on stereotyping of Arabs & Muslims
- KQED Pledge Drive to increase Muslim & Arab membership
- Meeting with San Jose Mercury news dept. executives & editors

JULY
- Meeting with SF Chronicle Foreign Editor

SEPTEMBER
- Meeting with KQED regarding Jack Shaheen's documentary on stereotyping.

NOVEMBER
- Media Campaign: Ramadan

DECEMBER
- Media Campaign: Y2K coverage of Islam in the media


1998

ONGOING
- Participation in KQED Advisory Board meetings and retreats

JANUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr

MARCH
- Media Campaign: Hajj/Eid ul-Adha

APRIL
- Meeting with the SJ Mercury News editors

MAY
- Meeting with SJ Mercury News Perspectives Editor
- Media Campaign: "Palestinians: 50 years of Occupation," relating to the First Annual Bay Area Al-Quds conference

JUNE
- PR - "Islamic New Year 1419"

AUGUST
- Media Campaign: Bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
- Media Campaign: US Bombing of facilities in Sudan and Afghanistan
- Meeting with the San Francisco Examiner executives & editors
- Letter-writing campaign: Mercury News handling of foreign news

NOVEMBER
- PR - "Calendar of Important Islamic Dates"

DECEMBER
- Media Campaign: Ramadan
- Media Campaign: Bombing of Iraq


1997

JANUARY
- ING director appointed to KQED Advisory Panel
- Media Campaign: Ramadan

FEBRUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr

APRIL
- Media Campaign: Hajj/Eid ul-Adha
- 'Islam in America' movie airs on KQED

MAY
- Media Campaign: Islamic New Year
- PR - "Local Relief Efforts Following the Earthquake in Iran"
- Seminar: "Orientation on American-Muslims" for SF Public Affairs Directors meeting at KQED

SEPTEMBER
- 'Living Islam' 6-part series airs on KQED
- Meeting with the SF Chronicle editors & reporters
- PR - "Calendar of Important Islamic Dates"
- PR - "Recent Bomb Attacks in Jerusalem"

OCTOBER
- Seminar: "Religion in the Media," UC Berkeley

NOVEMBER
- Media Campaign: Ramadan


1996

JANUARY
- Media Campaign: Ramadan
- Meeting with KGO-TV (Channel 7) Public Affairs Director
- Meeting with KNTV (Channel 11) News Director
- Seminar: "Utilizing the Media to Educate About Islam", UCLA MSA

FEBRUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr
- PR - "Muslim Private School Helps Public Students Stranded by Oakland Teachers Strike"

MARCH
- Media Campaign: "'Executive Decision' Movie Stereotypes Islam and Muslims"
- PR - "Imam WD Muhammed Visits the San Francisco Bay Area"
- PR - "NBA Suspension of Denver Nuggets Player, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf"
- PR - "Terminology and Context of Coverage relating to Bombing Attacks in Israel"

APRIL
- Media Campaign: Hajj/Eid ul-Adha

JUNE
- PR - "Terminology and Context of Coverage relating to the recent bombing attack in Saudi Arabia"

JULY
- PR - "Terminology and Context of Coverage relating to the Crash of TWA Flight #800"

OCTOBER
- PR - "1997 Calendar of Muslim Holidays"
- PR - UMA's "Election 1996: American Muslims Support Bill Clinton"


1995

JANUARY
- Media Campaign: Ramadan
- Seminar: "Muslims in the Media", KPIX-TV (channel 5) editors & reporters

FEBRUARY
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr

APRIL
- Media Campaign: Oklahoma bombing
- PR - "Condemnation of Oklahoma City Bombing"
- PR - "Restraint in Media Coverage/Impact on Muslim community"
- Community meeting organized by ING on collective response to media coverage of bombing

MAY-AUGUST
- Editors meeting with 40+ Bay Area media outlets

MAY
- Meeting with the SF Chronicle executives and editors
- Meeting with KNTV-TV (channel 11) executives and editors
- Meeting with Shadow News Wire service executives and editors
- Meeting with KCBS radio executives and editors
- Meeting with KGO radio executives and editors
- Meeting with KGO-TV (channel 7) executives and editors
- Media Campaign: Hajj/Eid ul-Adha

JUNE
- Meeting with KRON-TV (channel 4) executives and editors
- Meeting with Alameda Group Papers executives and editors
- Meeting with Lesher Group Papers executives and editors
- Meeting with KTVU (channel 2) executives and editors
- Meeting with Fremont Argus executives and editors
- Seminar: "Media coverage of Islam and Muslims", S.F. Public Affairs Directors meeting

JULY
- First of their kind meetings between Muslims and national media outlets in NY and DC. Meetings concerned media coverage relating to the Oklahoma bombing. ING set-up the meetings and involved national Islamic organizations.
- Meeting with AP wire service (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with NYT (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with CBS network (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with ABC network (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with NBC network (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with NPR news (DC) executives and editors
- Meeting with Reuters wire service (DC) executives and editors
- Seminar: "Media coverage of Islam and Muslims," KRON-TV (channel 4)
- Seminar: "Media coverage of Islam and Muslims," S.J. Public Affairs Directors meeting
- PR - "...Muslims Condemn limited UN action in Bosnia & Call for US Unilateral Lifting of the Arms Embargo"

AUGUST
- Meeting with KPIX-TV (channel 5) executives and editors
- Meeting with San Mateo Times papers executives and editors

SEPTEMBER
- Meetings with national media outlets regarding Oklahoma bombing continue
- Meeting with ABC radio (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with Wall Street Journal (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with TIME magazine (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with NBC network news (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with US News and World Report (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with NYT (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with NEWSWEEK magazine (NY) executives and editors
- Meeting with Washington Post (DC) executives and editors

OCTOBER
- PR - "Terminology and Context of Coverage Relating to the Conviction of Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman"

NOVEMBER
- Seminar: "Orientation on American-Muslims" held at Lesher Group (5) papers


1994

FEBRUARY
- First of its kind media campaign relating to Islamic holidays held in San Francisco Bay Area. Media Campaign: Ramadan

MARCH
- Media Campaign: Eid ul-Fitr
- Meeting with SJ Mercury news executives and editors
- Meeting with SJ Mercury News Foreign editor
- Meeting with SF Chronicle editors
- PR -"Eid ul-Fitr for Bosnian Refugees"
- PR -"Terminology and Context of Coverage Relating to the Hebron Massacre"

APRIL
- Seminar: "Palestinian-Israeli Conflict vis-à-vis Oslo Accords", held for SJ Mercury news dept.
- Media Campaign: 3rd Bosnia rally
- Meeting with SJ Mercury News religion editor

MAY
- Media Campaign: Hajj/Eid ul-Adha
- Seminar: "Palestinian-Israeli Conflict vis-à-vis Oslo Accords," SJ Mercury news dept.
- Seminar: "Palestinian-Israeli Conflict vis-à-vis Oslo Accords," SF Chronicle news dept.

JUNE
- Workshop: "Media Activism", Washington DC area Muslims

JULY
- Media Campaign: "New Schwarzenegger Movie, 'True Lies' Stereotypes Muslims"

AUGUST
- PR -"Bay Area Muslims' positions on the Cairo Population Conference proposed Action Programs"

OCTOBER
- PR - "Terminology and Context of Coverage Relating to the 'Israeli Soldier Abduction'"

NOVEMBER
- Meeting with KRON-TV (channel 4) station manager & editors

DECEMBER
- Meeting with SF Chronicle editorials editor
- PR - "ISNA West Zone Conference"


1993

FEBRUARY
- ING founded, first known as "Bay Area Media Watch." The central goal at the time was to monitor and react to biased media coverage relating to Islam & Muslims

FEBRUARY-SEPTEMBER
- Developed by ING, the Telephone Call-in Network was in operation in the San Francisco Bay Area. The network reacted to media coverage by initiating a call-in network of activists who contacted reporters and editors protesting biased coverage relating to Islam and Muslims

APRIL
- ING's first media campaign: Bosnia Rally, involving several Bay Area Islamic centers, gathering a crowd of 1,500 in San Francisco. Tens of news media outlets covered the rally, leading to numerous interviews and news articles. First of its kind Muslim media campaign in the San Francisco Bay Area.

MAY
- Seminar: "Bay Area Media Watch" kickoff & training for Muslim activists, which was held at Stanford University. Purpose was to expand the Telephone Call-in Network

SEPTEMBER
- Media Campaign: 2nd Bosnia Rally, held in San Francisco. Also deemed successful in attendance and media coverage
- ING changes its name from "Bay Area Media Watch" to Islamic Networks Group (ING). Decides to no longer be involved in reacting to the media but rather to be proactive through educating the media and other public institutions about Islam and Muslim culture
- First of many proactive meetings with news media outlets. Meeting with SF Chronicle executives and editors
- Meeting with SF Examiner executives and editors

OCTOBER
- Meeting with KPIX-TV (Channel 5) station manager & executives
- Seminar: "Orientation on American-Muslims" held at KPIX-TV for editors and reporters