On this week’s program, we hear an array of ideas about the condition of American journalism and the state of our so-called free press: red flags about the decline of local reporting and news deserts, and the rise in censorship by Big Tech, but also encouraging signs in the growth of independent non-commercial media. These issues were addressed in a recent panel discussion held at St. Mary’s College in northern California. The event was organized and hosted by Dr. Nolan Higdon. This week’s show consists of excerpts from that event.
Notes:
-Mnar Adley is a Palestinian-American journalist, and the founder and editor-in-chief of Mint Press News based in Minneapolis.
-Maximilian Alvarez is a labor journalist, and editor-in-chief at the Real News Network, based in Baltimore.
–Davey D is a radio talk show host, DJ, and historian of Hip-Hop. He formerly worked in commercial radio,
and now hosts “Hard Knock Radio” on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California.
-Mickey Huff is host of the Project Censored Show, director of Project Censored, and a professor at Diablo Valley College in Contra Costa County, California.
-Nolan Higdon is an author, a lecturer at St. Mary’s College, and a Project Censored National Judge.