Democracy NOW! host Amy Goodman has used her latest TruthDig column to address the wider issues behind her wrongful arrest at protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota earlier this week.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080903_why_we_were_falsely_arrested/
Showing posts with label democracy now. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy now. Show all posts
Friday, September 5, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
6,000 U.S. Newspaper Jobs Lost!...Now What?
Today, DemocracyNOW! features an interesting roundtable on the media crisis .
The roundtable involves Linda Jue, former head of the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter; Chris Hedges, a former reporter for the New York Times and now with the Nation Institute; and Bernie Lunzer, the new president of the Newspaper Guild.
One of the biggest issues to come out of the discussion was the question of how new media models currently being promoted on the intenet can be funded in order to be able to offer competitive high level journalism.
Chris Hedges, while clearly very pessimistic about the future of journalism, understands the importance of decent budgets in being able to provide high quality journalism. The mainstream media has straggled at the sight of new technology, while alternative sources are held back by lack of resources.
The question is ultimately around what value will our society put into journalism in the future. Will either corporations or governments make the important investments needed to provide this and what will they expect in return?
These are all important issues that need to be discussed within the media reform movement as we fight towards a better (quality, structured and funded) media environment.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/29/newspapers_suffer_spate_of_layoffs_decline
The roundtable involves Linda Jue, former head of the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter; Chris Hedges, a former reporter for the New York Times and now with the Nation Institute; and Bernie Lunzer, the new president of the Newspaper Guild.
One of the biggest issues to come out of the discussion was the question of how new media models currently being promoted on the intenet can be funded in order to be able to offer competitive high level journalism.
Chris Hedges, while clearly very pessimistic about the future of journalism, understands the importance of decent budgets in being able to provide high quality journalism. The mainstream media has straggled at the sight of new technology, while alternative sources are held back by lack of resources.
The question is ultimately around what value will our society put into journalism in the future. Will either corporations or governments make the important investments needed to provide this and what will they expect in return?
These are all important issues that need to be discussed within the media reform movement as we fight towards a better (quality, structured and funded) media environment.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/29/newspapers_suffer_spate_of_layoffs_decline
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Right Wing Rails Against the Weather
Ever thought your television weather reports lacked a bit of context? In "Weather Reports are Missing the Story", Amy Goodman explains how the lack of context in weather reports reinforces the idea climate change is disconnected from our current weather patterns. It seems that for the right wing, even the weather could be termed as being "left-wing"!
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/6/19/amy_goodmans_new_column_weather_reports_are_missing_the_story
Amy Goodman, is a Presenter on Democracy Now on the U.S. Pacifica Network and was a key speaker at the National Conference for Media Reform in Minnesota.
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/6/19/amy_goodmans_new_column_weather_reports_are_missing_the_story
Amy Goodman, is a Presenter on Democracy Now on the U.S. Pacifica Network and was a key speaker at the National Conference for Media Reform in Minnesota.
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