Human Interest

The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again

Robert McChesney; John Nichols

About the Program

The authors argue that the area of commercial journalism is ending and a new era of journalism that is unapologetically partisan and subsidized by the government must emerge.  The event is in Washington, DC.

About the Authors

John Nichols

John Nichols has written "Jews for Buchanan" and has co-authored "It's the Media, Stupid" and "Our Media, Not Theirs" along with Robert McChesney. He is the co-founder of Free Press, the national media reform organization and currently serves as the Washington correspondent for the Nation magazine and runs the editorial page of Capital Times.


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Robert McChesney

Mr. McChesney is a Communications professor at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.  He has written or edited 17 books and was named by the Utne Reader as one of the "50 visionaries who are changing the world."


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The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again

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  • Monday, March 15th at 1am (ET)
  • Sunday, March 14th at 8am (ET)
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