It's official... IT'S LOCKER TIME! Jake Locker is now the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, and he's been lighting up the end zone in his preseason games this summer!  Along with the newly improved CJ and a defense that has been just as impressive, the Titans will be ready to roll when the Patriots come to LP Field on September 9, 2012.  The first few games on the schedule are brutal for Titans, but the back half of the season is much better.  This will be an awesome season to watch …

The aim of this Meetup is to provide a forum where men and women can share and learn the views of others on the many ways in which gender roles have an impact on our lives. The goals of Feminists and Masculists ring hollow if by definition, they marginalize the concerns of the other gender. Despite all the changes to societal expectations for each gender in the past century, certain traditional patterns remain. Some of these traditions amplify innate differences, while others arguably represent …

Be Social Change New York Meetup- **We are building a Makers Institute! Check it out: http://bit.ly/makers-institute We are a community of social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, professionals, students, investors, and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Be Social Change is an open and inclusive network of current and future social impact leaders fosters the spreading of new ideas and best-practices, educates members on social entrepreneurship and innovation, and hosts interactive events for members …

Meetup with other local professionals who are interested in the Online News Association (ONA). Gather with writers, editors, photographers, producers, and all with an interest in the production of news for digital presentation. For more information or to become a member, check out http://www.journalists.org

Socialize with your peers in film, video and the arts! We've been having FREE meetings around NYC since 2005, looking at the creative process, often in conjunction with cutting edge technologies from Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and Avid, featuring Adobe Premiere Pro and elements from the Adobe Creative Suite, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, writer’s tools, DSLR and an assortment of third party applications. We're a social and media network, looking forward to having some fun, featuring guest spea …

Global Network for Progress Artists, Journalists,Technologist and Progressive people for constructive change Global Network for Progress: Artists, Journalists, and Progressive people for constructive change THE VISION of the Global Network for Progress is to inspire artists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers to create and submit social commentary works for publication. We encourage artists and social activists to collaborate to expand their reach and effectiveness. We believe that the syner …

We at Kvibe Productions LLC aim to bring together Directors, DP's, Actors, Editors, Writers, Producers and everybody interested in filmmaking who want to take their projects to the next level. Obtain feedback on current and future projects, explore creative ideas with other professionals, showcase your skill-sets in a productive and challenging environment and network with people in your area. Why travel to New York City if you can meet with talented professionals in Jersey City? Kvibe Filmmaker …

Think innovative tech can change the world? We do, and not in an incremental teeny change the world sort of way. We mean change how people engage with democracy, hold elected officials and corporations feet to the fire, connect citizens to solve major problems, help people understand complex issues, and lead the news industry into the 21st century sort of way. The Huffington Post has become the number one political news site in the country and is rapidly expanding internationally. We got here be …

The meetup is for professional journalists throughout New York. It is an opportunity for former, current and future journalists in all forms of media to meet, network, mingle while discussing topics, projects and ideas related to journalism.

Starting to learn Ruby and Rails? This group is for Ruby, Rails, and programming beginners looking to get together and learn from each other. At this meetup, there won't be an expert walking around, helping you overcome roadblocks by giving you the solution. Instead, this group aims to be a gathering of the 'blind', those of us starting on the journey towards becoming developers, working together to share insights and knowledge. Bring a project you've been working on. Bring a Hacker News article …

Are you a publisher or marketer interested in innovative ways to create, curate, distribute and monetize content? Join us for a fun, informative happy hour with industry leaders to share content strategies, cutting-edge technologies and success stories. Content & Cocktails is a monthly NYC based meet-up hosted by NewsCred. Who should join: Content creators and curators Content strategists Journalists and editors Social media and community managers Marketing professionals Digital agencies (crea …

The Society of Environmental Journalists is dedicated to furthering credible, robust journalism that informs and engages society on environmental issues. Members include professional journalists across all media; independent writers and producers; journalism teachers and students; and staff journalists at universities, non-media companies and other organizations. Click here to learn more about SEJ's membership categories. This unofficial SEJ NYC group seeks to build and sustain the professional …

Calling PolicyMic members, pundits, and readers! Let's all get together to meet face-to-face, makes plans to continue taking over the internet, and have a good time!

Who We Are Are you a reporter, producer, editor, or broadcasting professional here in NYC or elsewhere? We would love to have you join us for in depth discussions about the role of the media, new technology, production techniques, interviewing and editing skills, or just to network with like-minded professionals. New York Broadcasting Group is a non-profit organization that supports the New York media community. Our goal is to help build a sustainable media industry that drives economic growth …

What's the future of journalism and the news going to look like? This is perhaps one of the most important questions of our time, one that will determine our relationship to information for years to come, effecting how we see the world--everything from politics to revolutions to science to local issues. The future of journalism and the news is ours to own. This Meetup is a thinktank for media-focused startups (especially those with a tech bent), journalists, bloggers, and publishers--anyone i …

"The constructed language with the most complete grammar is probably Lojban - a language created to reflect the principles of logic." --- Arika Okrent, the author of In the Land of Invented Languages coi ro do (Hello Everyone!) This group is for people who are interested in and want to know about the constructed language, Lojban. Lojban is a one of the most complete, carefully designed, and logically unambiguous constructed languages in the world. Lojban has a number of features which make it u …

Join us to explore the future of media through bright ideas presented by innovative entrepreneurs. This is a group for those excited about new opportunities at the frontier of the shifting media landscape. We host demo nights, creative workshops and startup presentations at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, sponsored by the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism. We welcome those who want to connect with the newest, most imaginative media startups and those with new ideas to shar …

This meetup is for people who are enthusiastic about capitalism as a system. Libertarians, market-oriented Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are welcome. This is not a Tea-Party meetup. We do not support "starve the beast" as a political strategy, and feel that should significant tax cuts come, they should be after we have been running a budget surplus for years, sufficient to pay down the national debt to less than 70% of GDP. Tax increases should not be off the table. This meetup is abo …

For Quibb members interested in taking news discussion to the next (IRL) level. Before each meetup, we can nominate and decide on a few provoking articles to discuss, book-club style.