Anyone interested in media and politics should check this out. It's only offered every other year. Some scholarships are available.
A SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MEDIA AND POLITICS
Z Media Institute (ZMI) 2005 offers an intensive session, from June 6 through 14, designed for those who want to learn how to start and produce their own media, improve their media skills, understand mainstream and alternative media better, enhance their organizing skills and knowledge, and explore radical theory, strategy, and vision.
Look at the faculty!:o
Guest faculty and speakers include: Noam Chomsky, Chip Berlet, Amy Goodman, Paper Tiger, Leslie Cagan, Michael Albert, Cynthia Peters, Lydia Sargent, Charlotte Ryan, Justin Podur, Stephen R. Shalom, Michael Bronski, Danny Schechter, Sonali Kolhatkar, and more.
http://www.zmag.org/aboutzmi.htm