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'; syndicate.index++; syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'ABOUT US: Website, book, film spotlight "above the crowd" individuals fostering democracy, community in media'; syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/article_202.shtml'; syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 10, 2007'; syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Spotlighting individuals making innovative, sustainable use of media to foster\nparticipatory democracy and community is the mission of the Media Giraffe\nProject, hosted by the \njournalism program at\nthe University of Massachusetts-Amherst. READ MORE'; syndicate.index++; syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'How to contact the Media Giraffe Project'; syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/article_187.shtml'; syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 11, 2007'; syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Media Giraffe Project is housed at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. within the journalism program of the Department of Communication. 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