http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/journalists 2008-10-31T09:29:25Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51747-old-media-vs-new-media-on-sarah-palin 2008-10-31T09:29:25Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zak9-Urr-U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zak9-Urr-U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51747-old-media-vs-new-media-on-sarah-palin"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62802" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/09/01/Game_Change_How_New_Media_Are_Affecting_08_Race">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Conservative media voices Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Tony Blankley and Peggy Noonan discusses the effects of the internet on traditional news journalism, citing rumors concerning Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin as an example.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the RNC: <a href="http://fora.tv/topic/republican_convention">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) serves as host of "Morning Joe," weekdays from 6-9 a.m. ET on MSNBC. "Morning Joe" features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians and in-depth analysis of the day's biggest stories. Previously, Scarborough hosted "Scarborough Country," in primetime on MSNBC.</p> <p>Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of "Morning Joe" and an MSNBC anchor. Brzezinski also reports on "NBC Nightly News" and is an alternating news anchor for "Weekend Today." Prior to joining MSNBC in January 2007, Brzezinski was an anchor of the "CBS Evening News Weekend Edition" and a CBS News correspondent who frequently contributed to "CBS Sunday Morning" and "60 Minutes." </p> <p>Tony Blankley, who served as press secretary to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, is a columnist for the Washington Times newspaper. He is Executive Vice President of Edelman Public Relations in Washington, DC and a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at the Heritage Foundation. He is also the author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations, published by Regnery, and is a co-host of KCRW's Left, Right and Center.</p> <p>Peggy Noonan is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the best selling author of seven books on American politics, history and culture. Her essays have appeared in Forbes, Time, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the New York Times and other publications. She is a frequent guest on political talk shows. She has also been nominated for Emmy Awards for the writing of a post-9/11 television special and for her work on the television drama The West Wing. Noonan is a member of the board of the Manhattan Institute.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51747-old-media-vs-new-media-on-sarah-palin">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51176-raids-on-protesters-at-rnc-amy-goodman-jumps-fence-to-question-police 2008-10-29T21:30:05Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G5ju0Xn6xsc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G5ju0Xn6xsc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51176-raids-on-protesters-at-rnc-amy-goodman-jumps-fence-to-question-police"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62139" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>More from <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> </p><p>Sat. Aug 30, 2008. Saint Paul, MN Police Department raids a home at 591 Iglehart Avenue at gunpoint. The journalists include a contributing photojournalist with &quot;Democracy Now&quot;, whose host Amy Goodman appears in this clip jumping a fence to question police officers. This is part of a series of police actions on the eve of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. </p><p> After several hours, all those detained were released. No arrests. No property was seized as result of the search warrant. The clip ends with an interview with homeowner Mike Whalen. At the start of the clip, a neighbor shouts to the media and onlookers that we could all come into her backyard to see the detained people held in the adjacent backyard. </p><p> Video by Chuck Tomlinson</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/51176-raids-on-protesters-at-rnc-amy-goodman-jumps-fence-to-question-police">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49387-africa-uncovered-kenya-horror-and-hope-18-aug-08-part-2 2008-10-29T03:31:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V13tnmODvXk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V13tnmODvXk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49387-africa-uncovered-kenya-horror-and-hope-18-aug-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59882" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amidst the mayhem of Kenya's post-election ethnic violence, one group of ethnically-mixed aspiring young journalists from Nairobi's Mathare slum decided to take up cameras instead of knives. Slum TV aimed to project some hope back into their scarred community. Africa Uncovered follows the team at Slum TV as they count down to a public screening and revisits some of the characters they filmed during the violence.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49387-africa-uncovered-kenya-horror-and-hope-18-aug-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49386-africa-uncovered-kenya-horror-and-hope-18-aug-08-part-1 2008-10-29T03:31:04Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3S8hvSb8QF4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3S8hvSb8QF4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49386-africa-uncovered-kenya-horror-and-hope-18-aug-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59881" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amidst the mayhem of Kenya's post-election ethnic violence, one group of ethnically-mixed aspiring young journalists from Nairobi's Mathare slum decided to take up cameras instead of knives. Slum TV aimed to project some hope back into their scarred community. Africa Uncovered follows the team at Slum TV as they count down to a public screening and revisits some of the characters they filmed during the violence.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49386-africa-uncovered-kenya-horror-and-hope-18-aug-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49108-russia-fires-at-journalists-in-georgia-15-aug-2008 2008-10-29T03:29:57Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wWvKQ__SUNM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wWvKQ__SUNM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49108-russia-fires-at-journalists-in-georgia-15-aug-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59454" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Turkish television released footage showing journalists travelling between Gori and Tshkinvali, an area where Georgian and Russian troops were firing at each other.</p> <p>One journalist was shot in the head while it's thought five journalists have died during the conflict.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49108-russia-fires-at-journalists-in-georgia-15-aug-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault 2008-10-28T15:30:22Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2Bzcjbk5vU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2Bzcjbk5vU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53361" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault criticizes racist and sensationalist reporting on Africa.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Some six decades later, many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques enabled by modern technology.</p> <p>Historians, scientists, philosophers, linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political discourse - and journalism's response to it - on the dawn of a bitterly contested presidential campaign - NYPL</p> <p>Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a journalist, having worked with CNN, NPR, and PBS. She was the first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. She is also the author of the autobiography In My Place, which reflects on African American life in the 1940s and 50s and the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999.</p> <p>Hunter-Gault was the chief national correspondent for the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS from 1983 to 1997. She had joined the MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent. In 1989, she was also the correspondent for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions' five-part series, "Learning in America." During her tenure at the NewsHour, she won two Emmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work on the series "Apartheid's People." She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language 2008-10-28T15:30:13Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC3H8EuqH0k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC3H8EuqH0k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53341" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Talking Points Memo blogger Josh Marshall discusses the balance an opinion journalist must hold between political advocacy and informative reporting.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Some six decades later, many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques enabled by modern technology.</p> <p>Historians, scientists, philosophers, linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political discourse - and journalism's response to it - on the dawn of a bitterly contested presidential campaign - NYPL</p> <p>Josh Marshall is the publisher of Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, TPM Election Central and TPMCafe. He also writes a weekly column for the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill. His articles on politics and foreign affairs have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers across the United States as well as abroad, including the American Prospect, the Atlantic Monthly, the Boston Globe, the Financial Times, , the New Republic, the New Yorker, the New York Post, the New York Times, Salon, and Slate. Marshall graduated from Princeton in 1991 and holds a doctorate in American history from Brown. He lives in New York City with his wife Millet, their son Sam, and their dog Simon.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45839-witness-house-of-journalists-part-2 2008-10-27T21:29:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/11l7jg0JJAk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/11l7jg0JJAk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45839-witness-house-of-journalists-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53140" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Christine Garabedian's documentary tells the story of persecuted reporters from all over the world who find sanctuary in the House of Journalists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45839-witness-house-of-journalists-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45838-witness-house-of-journalists-part-1 2008-10-27T21:29:56Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sFVjYnxf-3A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sFVjYnxf-3A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45838-witness-house-of-journalists-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53139" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Christine Garabedian's documentary tells the story of persecuted reporters from all over the world who find sanctuary in the House of Journalists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45838-witness-house-of-journalists-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42844-stupid-media 2008-10-17T14:34:34Z britethorn <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8yLWG77YPaA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8yLWG77YPaA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42844-stupid-media"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48371" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The summer has hardly started and already the STUPIDITY is flowing from the Right and the Left Media. There&#39;s a WAR on the ECONOMY is in the dumps and our HEALTH CARE system is in a shambles. The differences between Senators Obama and McCain couldn&#39;t be more stark, so don&#39;t listen to all the nonsense you&#39;re hearing about these two men. Use your BRAINS and DON&#39;T VOTE STUPID! (That&#39;s what we did the last two elections--and look where it got us!) <a href="http://www.britethorn.com">www.britethorn.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/42844-stupid-media">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42315-new-monument-honors-slain-journalists 2008-10-26T15:31:49Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DT2KU3vDWsk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DT2KU3vDWsk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42315-new-monument-honors-slain-journalists"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47756" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>New Monument Honors Slain Journalists</p> <p>A new monument in London pays tribute to the hundreds of journalists killed in the course of their jobs. An estimated two war journalists have died every week over the past ten years. The latest victim is Iraqi journalist Muhieddin Abdul-Hamid. He was killed Tuesday in a drive-by shooting soon after he left his home in Mosul. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42315-new-monument-honors-slain-journalists">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41925-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-1 2008-10-26T09:30:48Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2gOpp-zcFUA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2gOpp-zcFUA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41925-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47284" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41925-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41924-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-4 2008-10-26T09:31:01Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l770SrFBTFA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l770SrFBTFA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41924-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-4"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47283" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41924-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-4">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41923-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-2 2008-10-26T09:31:04Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eHK2-9SEB-w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eHK2-9SEB-w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41923-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47282" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41923-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41921-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-3 2008-10-26T09:30:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cNfxlAnGUZg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cNfxlAnGUZg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41921-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47279" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41921-shooting-the-messenger-14-jun-08-part-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38852-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-2-5 2008-10-14T21:29:27Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wvKyt1DbDSs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wvKyt1DbDSs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38852-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-2-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43854" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003 <br />Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38852-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-2-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38850-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-5-5 2008-10-14T21:29:27Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LAvJy1JqLFQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LAvJy1JqLFQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38850-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-5-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43852" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003 <br />Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38850-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-5-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38851-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-4-5 2008-10-14T21:29:27Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qswou2gm7SE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qswou2gm7SE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38851-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-4-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43853" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003 <br />Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38851-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-4-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38838-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-3-5 2008-10-14T21:29:26Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7HA1rnmMHVc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7HA1rnmMHVc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38838-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-3-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43840" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003 <br />Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38838-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-3-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38831-jeffrey-archer-advice-for-writers 2008-10-18T09:30:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/flK44wCjtLw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/flK44wCjtLw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38831-jeffrey-archer-advice-for-writers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43835" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/15/Jeffrey_Archer_in_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer offers advice for aspiring novelists.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>International bestseller Lord Jeffrey Archer addresses the Oxonian Society upon the release of his newest novel A Prisoner of Birth.</p> <p>A former Member of Parliament who recently served two years in prison, Archer's bestselling novels include Kane and Abel, Sons of Fortune, and False Impression.</p> <p>Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University, where as a world-class sprinter he represented Great Britain in international competition. He became the youngest member of the House of Commons in 1969, was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1985, and was elevated to the House of Lords in 1992.</p> <p>All of his novels - from 1974's Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less to 1991's As the Crow Flies - have been international bestsellers.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38831-jeffrey-archer-advice-for-writers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38808-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-1-5 2008-10-14T21:29:25Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l3L59FcUc4c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l3L59FcUc4c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38808-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-1-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43810" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003 <br />Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38808-former-military-intelligence-officer-speaks-out-1-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35508-eric-alterman-the-internet-and-the-future-of-news 2008-10-22T09:30:20Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LgK580bQNtA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LgK580bQNtA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35508-eric-alterman-the-internet-and-the-future-of-news"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39079" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/26/Eric_Alterman_in_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Columnist and CUNY Professor of Journalism Eric Alterman speculates on the future of newspapers, in a conversation with FORA.tv founder and CEO Brian Gruber.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Liberal columinst, blogger and author Eric Alterman sits down for an interview with FORA.tv Founder and CEO Brian Gruber to discuss his most recent book Why We're Liberals, the meaning of liberalism, and the state of politics in the United States.</p> <p>Eric Alterman is distinguished professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and professor of journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, as well as the liberal columnist for The Nation and Altercation blogger for Media Matters for America(formerly at MSNBC.com) in Washington, DC, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, where he writes and edits the "Think Again" column, a senior fellow (since 1985) at the World Policy Institute at The New School in New York, and a history consultant to HBO Films. </p> <p>Alterman is the author of seven books, including the national bestsellers, What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News (2003, 2004), and The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America (with Mark Green, 2004). </p> <p>The others include: When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences, (2004, 2005). His Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy (1992, 2000), won the 1992 George Orwell Award and his It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen (1999, 2001), won the 1999 Stephen Crane Literary Award, and Who Speaks for America? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy, (1998).</p> <p>His newest book is Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook to Post-Bush America, (2008).</p> <p>Brian Gruber is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of FORA.tv.</p> <p>Gruber has twenty years experience successfully building and marketing media enterprises. As the senior marketing officer for a range of respected media institutions, he has managed billion dollar revenue budgets and large and small marketing teams. As the first marketing director for C-SPAN, he built its affiliate sales and marketing organization, launching C-SPAN II with the largest subscriber base ever for a cable network at launch. As director of marketing for News Corp's FOXTEL, he helped build the most successful cable television brand in Australia, going from number three to number one in cable subscriptions, brand equity and consumer awareness. As the head of marketing of the largest urban divisions of 3 top ten cable companies (MSO's), he turned flat or negative subscriber growth into substantial gains. And as president of g/media and Principals.com, he has helped more than twenty new media companies develop brands, marketing strategies, and consumer products. </p> <p>He also acted as the media advisor and new media producer for the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the nation's most prolific presenter of quality world affairs events.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35508-eric-alterman-the-internet-and-the-future-of-news">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35426-journalists-a-target-in-lebanon-13-apr-2008 2008-10-22T21:30:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5LcvTejQSOI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5LcvTejQSOI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35426-journalists-a-target-in-lebanon-13-apr-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38991" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It's difficult enough being a journalist in a politically divided country and it's even more dangerous when the TV stations are owned by rival parties.</p> <p>That's the case in Lebanon where news teams are routinely attacked as Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr explains from Beirut.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35426-journalists-a-target-in-lebanon-13-apr-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34292-has-the-internet-killed-print-journalism 2008-10-23T21:29:26Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A_MaGHrPI_0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A_MaGHrPI_0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34292-has-the-internet-killed-print-journalism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37420" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Jimmy_Wales_and_Andrew_Keen_Debate_Web_2_0">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales debates internet cultural critic Andrew Keen on the fate of print journalism in the digital age.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Web 2.0: Amateur Hour or Mass-ive Knowledge? A debate with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and author Andrew Keen.</p> <p>In today's self-broadcasting culture, where amateurism is celebrated and anyone with an opinion can post a video on YouTube, change an entry on Wikipedia or publish reviews on Yelp, we increasingly turn to the collective intelligence of large numbers of people.</p> <p>Should we rely on the "wisdom of the crowds," trusting that they are smarter than the expert few? Or is Web 2.0 weakening traditional media to the point where we only have opinion and chaos? - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama) is the founder, board member and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit corporation that operates the Wikipedia project, and several other wiki projects, including Wiktionary and Wikinews. He is also the co-founder, along with Angela Beesley, of the for-profit company Wikia, Inc.</p> <p>Andrew Keen is a Silicon Valley author, broadcaster and entrepreneur whose provocative book Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is killing our culture was recently acclaimed by The New York Times' Michiko Kakutani as "shrewdly argued" and written "with acuity and passion." </p> <p>Chronicle, a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition and co-host of BioTech Nation on NPR. He has been a special correspondent and producer for ABC's Nightline and 20/20, and a producer for Discovery Television. He is a correspondent for NOVA's ScienceNow!. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, Fortune and MIT Technology Review, and was a longtime correspondent for Life. He also writes for Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Outside, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post Book World, and The New York Times, among others. He contributes to the Dialogues column for Discover.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34292-has-the-internet-killed-print-journalism">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33220-ap-president-us-is-rounding-up-journalists-to-control-information 2008-03-21T14:05:30Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33220-ap-president-us-is-rounding-up-journalists-to-control-information"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/36192" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>But our government would never lie about a thing <a href="http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=9746">like this</a>. They&#39;re so transparent. Oh yeah, that&#39;s not the government, that&#39;s Bush&#39;s head.&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p><strong>Associated Press president Tom Curley says his news organization does not buy the government&#39;s argument that one of its photographers arrested in Iraq was working on behalf of the enemy</strong>, and he alleged<strong> the US is rounding up journalists in an attempt to control information</strong>.</p></blockquote><p>Now why would they want to <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/todays_must_read_299.php">control information</a>?&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p>Noting that<strong> at least a dozen other Iraqi photographers have been detained or arrested</strong>, Curley stated, &quot;<strong>It&#39;s impossible not to conclude that the words and pictures these journalists produced were considered unhelpful to the war effort and that their arrests would have served a broader strategy of information control.</strong>&quot; </p></blockquote><p>Speaking of restricting information:</p><blockquote><p>Curley also called on journalists to demand that <strong>all the presidential candidates make a commitment to reversing a directive issued by Attorney General John Ashcroft shortly after September 11 that radically restricted the scope of the Freedom of Information Act. </strong></p></blockquote><p>Just imagine what we the people could do with a little more information. Just... imagine... </p></p> </div>