Project Censored's State Of The Free Press 2022: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2020-21 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1644211173 ISBN 13: 9781644211175

Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S., 2022

Synopsis

State of the Free Press 2022 continues Project Censored''s long tradition of publicising the most important stories ignored or obscured by the mainstream news establishment, while promoting the best independent journalism, research, and activism. Most importantly, this edition helps endow readers with the critical media literacy skills required to hold power to account for distorting or censoring news coverage.

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About the Author

ANDY LEE ROTH is the associate director of Project Censored. He has coedited four previous editions of Project Censored's yearbook, in addition to contributing chapters on Iceland and the commons (Censored 2014), the Military Commissions Act (Censored 2009) and news photographs depicting the human cost of war (Censored 2008). His research on topics ranging from ritual to broadcast news interviews and communities organizing for parklands has also appeared in journals including the International Journal of Press/Politics;Social Studies of Science; Media, Culture & Society; City & Community; and Sociological Theory. He reviews books for YES! Magazine. He earned a PhD in Sociology at the University of California-Los Angeles and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology at Haverford College. As of fall 2014, he teaches sociology at Pomona College and serves on the boards of the Media Freedom Foundation and the Claremont Wildlands Conservancy.

MICKEY HUFF is director of Project Censored and serves on the board of the Media Freedom Foundation. To date, he has edited or coedited six volumes of Censored and contributed numerous chapters to these works dating back to 2008. Additionally, he has coauthored several chapters on media and propaganda for other scholarly publications, most recently Flashpoint in Ukraine from Clarity Press (2014). He is currently professor of social science and history at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is cochair of the history department. Huff is cohost with former Project Censored director Dr. Peter Phillips of The Project Censored Show, the weekly syndicated public affairs program that originates from KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley CA. For the past several years, Huff has worked on the national planning committee of Banned Books Week, working with the American Library Association and the National Coalition Against Censorship, of which Project Censored is a member. He is also a longtime musician and composer. He lives with his family in Northern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1644211173
• ISBN 13: 9781644211175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Huff Mickey, Roth Andy Lee