TV/Press Coverage

Wyoming Gathering 2008 – New Mexico Gathering 2009

Television

8/21/08 The producer of a Denver television program called Common Sense did an episode on Rainbow gatherings and the Kid Village Incident that aired over a dozen times to an audience of over 60,000 after being contacted by the press crew. Watch the show here:
http://blip.tv/search?q=Rainbow+press+crew&x=0&y=0

* = Albuquerque footage
** = Cuba, NM footage
*** = NM Gathering footage

KOAT (ABC)

6/10/09 “Rainbow Group Descends on Cuba” **, ***
http://www.koat.com/video/19720491/index.html

7/3/09 “A Look Inside The Rainbow Gathering” ***
http://www.koat.com/video/19945508/index.html

7/5/09 “Rainbow Gathering Boosts Cuba Economy” **
http://www.koat.com/video/19959748/index.html

KRQE (CBS)

6/17/09 “Rainbow gathering coming to CUBA, NM” **, ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPJ7xW3Sphs

6/22/09 “Rainbow members hit by ticket barrage” *, ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF1AaDy13B8&NR=1

7/3/09 “Uneasy peace greets Rainbow Gathering” **, ***
(footage of officer carrying pepper bullet rifle through Main Circle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmFRfIto-Q&NR=1

7/7/09 “Rainbow Gathering ends; cleanup begins” ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVVg1gZfzk

KOB (NBC)

6/13/09 “Thousands descending on NM town for Rainbow Gathering” **, ***
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S977314.shtml?cat=517

6/22/09 “Rainbow people claim harassment by police” *
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S991003.shtml?cat=504

7/3/09 “Thousands gather in Jemez” **, ***
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1011577.shtml

7/9/09 “Mountains of trash left behind after Rainbow Gathering” ***
(footage of award-winning reporter/bureau chief’s car filled with garbage as he leaves the Gathering)
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1021478.shtml

Radio

8/28/09 The New Mexico Gathering is covered, including an interview with Dr. Niman, in this one hour edition of Peace Talks Radio. This award-winning public radio series airs on approximately 157 radio stations around the country. Link includes a four hour audio diary of the reporter’s trip to the Gathering in which the press crew is mentioned.
http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL76.htm

Print

Too numerous to list.

Articles in which press crew releases were used:

7/9/08 We were mentioned in the Pinedale Roundup, a Wyoming newspaper. However, the quotes attributed to us were actually taken from a Colorado Legal Eagles news release.
http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&story_id=719

7/16/08 One of our press releases was referenced and linked to in an Artvoice (Buffalo, NY) article about the Kid Village Incident by Dr. Niman (author of the book People of the Rainbow).
http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n29/getting_a_grip

6/4/09 One of our press releases was used and our website was linked to in an article in the Phoenicia Times, a New York newspaper. http://www.phoeniciatimes.com/olive/newsbriefs.html

6/8/09 One of our press releases was published word for word and our website was linked to in the Taos Daily Horse Fly, a New Mexico newspaper. http://www.taosdaily.com/index.php?fuseaction=home.viewarticle&article_id=2972

6/13/09 We were mentioned in The Taos News, a New Mexico newspaper. http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2009/06/13/news/doc4a315c700e5f0153206565.txt

6/22/09 One of our friend’s press releases was used in an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican, a New Mexico newspaper. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Santa-Fe-National-Forest-120-citations–seven-arrests-at-Rainbo

6/22/09 One of our friend’s press releases was used and our website was linked to in an article in the Alququerque Journal, a New Mexico newspaper. http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/abqnewseeker-mainmenu-39/13323-945am-rainbow-gatherers-ticketed-by-forest-service.html

7/2/09 One of our press releases was used in an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican.                                                                       http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Charges-fly-over-Rainbow-Gathering

7/7/09 We were mentioned and again our website was linked to in an article in the Albuquerque Journal.
http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/abqnewseeker-mainmenu-39/13534-650am-more-rainbow-gatherers-ordered-to-court.html

The same article was published in AARP Bulletin Today.
http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/nm/2009/27/articles/rainbows_end.html