Nermeen Shaikh: The Crisis of the Media Industrial Complex

Nermeen Shaikh is a sentinel of U.S. independent media. She’s a weekly co-host on the show “Democracy Now!” and the author of “The Present as History” published by Columbia University Press. Shaikh spoke at Ithaca College on October 3rd, 2019. Her talk was titled: The Crisis of the Media Industrial Complex. This is an edited…

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Earth Island Journal Speech at Izzy Award 2019 [AUDIO]

Earth Island Journal is an independent publication of the Earth Island Institute. The publication’s goal is to support environmental activists and leaders working to protect biological and cultural diversity that sustains the environment through the sharing of stories. The Magazine is a 2019 Izzy Award Winner for their in-depth reporting on the overlap of environmental…

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Laura Flanders Speech at Izzy Award 2019 [AUDIO]

Laura Flanders, a long-time independent journalist and the founder of The Laura Flanders Show, is a 2019 Izzy Award winner. The Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College presents this award annually for “outstanding achievement in independent media.” The 2019 awards ceremony took place on Apr. 15.  In Flanders’ Izzy Award speech, she challenged…

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Laura Flanders, Izzy Award Winner, speaks with WRFI [AUDIO]

Laura Flanders, a long-time independent journalist and the founder of The Laura Flanders Show, is a 2019 Izzy Award winner. The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at Ithaca College gives the Izzy Award each year “for outstanding achievement in independent media.” Before the awards ceremony on Apr. 15, Flanders spoke with another Laura: WRFI’s News…

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