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1. Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest Activities (February 15, 2010)
   A group that launches, or even refocuses, an independent news media project – or raises money for just about any public-interest activity – will probably have success in fundraising if it does the proper research and targets a unique audience. It will need to demonstrate that it offers an important public service, such as providing in-depth coverage of local political, economic, and social issues not covered adequately by other media.
2. Independent media advocates must develop creative news sites (February 1, 2010)
   We should be able to come up with two or three practical models that can be used to set up sustainable news and information production and delivery systems.
3. Could a 'mini-paper' nip at the heels of mainstream press? (January 21, 2010)
   A mini-paper would be incredibly inexpensive to publish. There would be no requirement for newsprint, a huge printing plant or large delivery system.
4. Creation of Sustainable Free Media Would Be Huge Breakthrough (January 12, 2010)
   Independent media organizations would approach news differently compared to the coverage provided by corporate-owned media.
5. Canadian Media in Crisis (January 10, 2010)
   How so-called "business journalism" is often biased and tends to give readers a distorted picture of the news.
6. Why Canada must limit the influence of corporate media (December 16, 2009)
   Traditional news departments follow unwritten but well-understood guidelines concerning what they should not cover. Most people in the newsrooms have been so thoroughly indoctrinated in corporate ideology that they seldom suggest a story that falls outside of the guidelines.
7. US games company sues British blogger (December 11, 2009)
   In an internet defamation case that lawyers say could set an "extraordinary precedent", an American games company is suing a British blogger in the Australian courts.
8. Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operations (December 8, 2009)
   Media corporations claim to care about quality journalism, but they’ve deceived Canadians for decades -- censoring news to protect their profits, pandering to the interests of the corporate world, and neglecting to invest adequately in their news operations. For decades powerful media corporations have decided what news Canadians should read, hear, and see. By reading just about any Canadian daily newspaper it’s not hard to see how the values of corporate-owned media are quite different from the values and interests of the majority of Canadians.
9. PITCHfest, LAUNCHfest Contests to Debut at DOMAINfest Global 2010 Conference (December 6, 2009)
   DomainSponsor®, the domain monetization division of Oversee.net®, announced today that PITCHfest(TM) AND LAUNCHfest(TM) will debut at its fourth annual DOMAINfest Global® (DFG) conference, scheduled for January 26-28, 2010 in Santa Monica, California
10. Pay-to-Print (November 30, 2009)
    On "paid news".
11. A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak (November 20, 2009)
    A comparative review of two recent books about the media, one a mainstream view, the other using the propaganda model of media control.
12. The Malawian who harnessed the airwaves (November 16, 2009)
    
13. Call for more international support for exile radios after station director wins award (November 6, 2009)
    Reporters Without Borders congratulates Kim Seong-Min, founder and director of the Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio, on winning the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy’s Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award.
14. Justifying What You Know Can't Be True (November 3, 2009)
    Researchers looking at al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein explore why it is that people often steadfastly believe something even when they've been shown it ain't so.
15. Sources Calendar (October 29, 2009)
    Listings of events of interest to journalists, editors, researchers, publishers and others working in the media and in publishing, covering Canadian and international events, press conferences, meetings, festivals and holidays, as well as award deadlines.
16. Sources News Releases (October 29, 2009)
    News releases from organizations and companies on a wide range of topics. Includes an extensive topic index, an archive of releases going back to the 1970s, and links to experts and organizations knowledgeable about the issues covered in the releases. Available via RSS feed as well as on the Sources.com website.
17. A memorial to killed journalists, a call to action (October 20, 2009)
    More than 500 journalists have been targeted for murder, our research shows, and nearly nine in 10 of these slayings go unpunished. Another 200 journalists have been killed in combat or on dangerous assignments; their stories offer lessons in how to improve security and hold governments accountable. Through interactive maps, timelines, and statistical breakdowns, our new database provides analysis by country, year, and type of death. It puts a special emphasis on unsolved murders, a focal point of CPJ's Global Campaign Against Impunity.
18. Guardian gagged from reporting Parliament (October 13, 2009)
    
19. Trafigura gag attempt unites house in protest (October 13, 2009)
    Efforts by the law firm Carter-Ruck to stop reporting of a Commons question about Trafigura have outraged MPs on all sides.
20. Guardian gagged from reporting parliament (October 12, 2009)
    Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret.
21. Through the Lens of Young Slum Dwellers (October 10, 2009)
    Two dozen young slum dwellers in Buenos Aires began filming a documentary about themselves this month, in an attempt to break down the negative stereotypes with which they are portrayed in the media.
22. The Twitterest Pill (October 9, 2009)
    Who judges the legitimate and illegitimate uses of communications technology in social movements? Which networked alliances have State-sponsorship, and which ones face criminalization and State-crackdown? Social media are relying on open network access, but this openness too easily sugarcoats itself in democratic notions (participation, interactivity, freedom). At the same historic moment, we are also witnessing an expansion, integration, and refinement of sovereign police power. When the two converge we begin to see an increase in repressive intervention into, and pre-emption of, information use.
23. Chomsky in Mexico (October 2, 2009)
    September has been a big month for La Jornada. To celebrate its 25th birthday, the National Lottery offered a commemorative ticket as did the Mexico City Metro subway system, rare mainstream honors for a lefty rag, and notorious U.S. rabble rouser Noam Chomsky came to town to help cut the cake - along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez (a founding investor) and the much-lauded Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. The Jornada was founded in 1984 by itinerant journalists who had bounced from one short-lived left periodical to the next.
24. Women Are Not Wallpaper (September 15, 2009)
    Something new is appearing on the Italian screen. About time, some may say.
25. Stronger legislation needed to sustain community radio (September 10, 2009)
    One of the most critical impediments to community radio is inadequate legislation.
26. Media Capitalism, the State and 21st Century Media Democracy Struggles (August 9, 2009)
    Robert McChesney talks about contemporary media capitalism and 21st century media democracy struggles to understand and change it.
27. Leading news website needs new funding (August 4, 2009)
    Support the appeal for help being made by The Nut Graph (http://thenutgraph.com/), an independent Malaysian news website that is strapped for cash because its original investors have decided they cannot continue funding it.
28. Powerful publicity and marketing tools for publishers and authors (July 13, 2009)
    Helping authors and publishers to publicize themselves and their books with a package of marketing and media relations tools designed to get publicity in the media and to reach readers and book buyers directly.
29. Saving America's Democracy Sustaining Journalism (July 4, 2009)
    The current newspaper crisis isn't just about the future of the printed product, write authors Victor Pickard and Joseph Torres, it's about the survival of democracy-sustaining journalism. We now have an opportunity to overhaul our media system and advocate for policies that would serve the informational needs of diverse communities.
30. Media: Agents of Brands-Not of Change (July 3, 2009)
    Non-implementation of the Millenium Development Goals (MdG's) is akin to 100 jumbo jets crashing everyday and a tsunami hitting a country each week. Every year, 10 million children die before they reach the age of five, as 8 million people suffer from hunger. Poverty claims more victims than war does. Actually, this is enough diet for the media, which is ever hungry for sensationalism, to get attracted towards MDG's. Still, it is not, and in all probabilities it would not.
31. Building a better Journalism (July 1, 2009)
    Extra! asked progressive media activists and scholars to share their ideas on how to make journalism's future better than its present; the following are some of the highlights:
    The one thing that we should do in the face of the erosion of commercial journalism is invest heavily in libraries. That means we should publicly support the human capital, technological tools, and collections of public, school and university libraries.
    
32. Media relations for politicians (June 30, 2009)
    Public relations tools for elected officials and community leaders.
33. Nielsen Study (June 25, 2009)
    A recent report by The Nielsen Co, entitled "How Teens Use Media," shows that teenagers are still engaged in traditional media such as newspapers and television. Most of them simply "make time" for both traditional media and new forms of communication such as Twitter, Youtube or Facebook. The survey shows that television is still the leading type of media with a thrilling average daily watching time of 3 hours and 20 minutes in the US. The survey was conducted in 50 countries.
34. Iran’s democracy in the eyes of the Arab world (June 24, 2009)
    The sentiments in the Arab world regarding Iran are often ridden with tense undertones, as the Shiite-Sunni dichotomy and the history of this division is never exempt from the political speech in the Middle East. Also considering the recent "moderate/radical" schism in the region, SASEEN KAWZALLY looks at what the Arab media has to say about the ongoing protests in Iran.
35. Twittering Our Way to Tuscon (June 24, 2009)
    AAN's executive director writes the six millionth blog post expressing skepticism about the Twitter phenomenon and then breathlessly reveals the convention hashtag.
36. The Physics of News (June 23, 2009)
    Discusses globalization and the instantaneous spread of news through online social networking.
37. New Media (June 17, 2009)
    For the past several years, extremist groups such as the Taliban, have been arming themselves with a different kind of weapon — new media. The news is they are getting highly creative at it.
38. Crisis Fund for Independent Media (June 15, 2009)
    The global financial crisis is threatening to silence independent news outlets more effectively than any government. The Media Development Loan Fund's (MDLF) Crisis Fund is providing vital support to help clients survive the recession.
    
39. New Freelance Contract Causing a Stir (June 15, 2009)
    Transcontinental Media has recently introduced a revised contract for freelance writers who work for one of its many publications.
40. Sources Select Resources (June 15, 2009)
    Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
41. The New News (June 11, 2009)
    With support from the Chicago Community Trust, the Community Media Workshop released "the New news: Journalism We Want and Need." This 36-page report is co-authored by giraffe prospect Thom Clark and includes a ranking of their top sixty news websites in Chicago, topping the list is the Chi-Town Daily News. An assessment of news coverage in the Chicago area due to economic pressures and crucial development in communication such as the importance of the online realm.
42. Ethnic Media Reaching Record Numbers in U.S. (June 8, 2009)
    Nearly 60 million Americans now regularly get information from ethnically oriented TV, radio, newspapers, and Web sites, many of which are published or broadcast in languages other than English -- and that number is on the rise.
    As mainstream newspapers and cable news channels in the United States are losing more money, readers, and viewers each year, ethnic media appears to be "maybe the most vibrant part" of the media landscape...
    
43. 10 Steps to Saving Newspapers in the Digital Age (June 7, 2009)
    Mark Glaser, Executive editor of PBS MediaShift, sent out 10 great tweets over the weekend, from his hospital bed, about ways to save newspapers.
44. Asia: Amid Big Players, Smaller Media Outfits Keep Afloat (May 28, 2009)
    Surrounded by the Goliaths in the media industry, can smaller outfits - little Davids – take good aim with their slingshots and smite their stronger competitors?
45. Swine Flu Coverage Around the World (May 28, 2009)
    The swine flu story quickly topped the American media agenda when the story broke in late April. How did coverage in other countries compare with the U.S.? Was there any correlation between the number of confirmed cases and quantity or nature of coverage? How did Spanish-language media in the U.S. react? A new report examining press coverage of the outbreak in several countries offers answers. How did coverage in the U.S. compare to media in other countries, both in the level of coverage and the way it was framed? How did the number of cases reported or the geographic proximity to the epicenter of the outbreak impact coverage? And, did the Spanish-language press in the U.S. treat the outbreak differently than its English-language counterparts?
46. Asia: Media Need to go Back to Basics (May 26, 2009)
    'Back to basics' in times of crisis is a message that the media should not only give out to the public but learn from as well. More cooperation, adaptability, learning from past mistakes, ethical practices and gaining public trust are just some of the messages journalists and media professionals heard...
47. Are you paying too much to send out your news releases? (May 25, 2009)
    If you have been using a corporate newswire service to send out your news releases you are likely paying $500 or more to send out a single release -- and that release may not even be reaching the people you want to reach.
48. International Multimedia News Lab Launched in Prague (May 25, 2009)
    Representatives of World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and PPF Group have launched the International Multimedia News Lab in Prague. The training and educational centre, combined with the editorial house is called FUTUROOM - newsroom of the future.
49. East Timor: Journalists Hold Out for Better Media Laws (May 19, 2009)
    Journalists in East Timor are anxiously waiting for a set of media laws to be revised after a negative reaction to a draft that was circulated in March.
50. Special Mandates Highlight Framework for Media and Elections (May 15, 2009)
    Press release on the issue of a Joint Statement on Media and Elections.
51. Freepress Summit (May 14, 2009)
    The Summit Discussion Guide presents questions on the change in media from print to online sources. Questions include: What can we do to ensure open and affordable Internet services for everyone in America? How can we encourage new models for news that will support working journalists over the long term? How can new digital technologies expand the reach of public media? What roles should be played by the government, private industry and everyday citizens to build better media?
    
52. Helping you reach the media (May 14, 2009)
    Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
53. Have new social media made ‘traditional’ media obsolete? (May 12, 2009)
    New media provide additional channels for getting messages out, but they don't make older media obsolete. The task is of public relations is to reach people through the media they use. In an increasingly diverse and fragmented world, that means using as many different channels of communication as possible.
54. Nepal: Journos Analyse Challenges of New Media (May 7, 2009)
    Kathmandu was abuzz as journalists from Asia began arriving in Nepal's capital for a conference on ‘Old Challenges, New Media’ organised by Panos South Asia on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
55. World Copyright Day: Stop Unfair Contracts for Journalists (April 26, 2009)
    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) condemns the widespread use of unfair contracts by media employers that deprive journalists from their authors' rights.
56. Fishing for new Models (April 13, 2009)
    Documents the success of an alternative media source.
57. From Laid-Off Seattle Reporter to Accidental Web Entrepreneur (April 10, 2009)
    The death of a major daily newspaper in a city like Seattle leaves the public underserved and no small number of journalists underemployed. Kery Murakami aims to help remedy both problems with a new online venture.
58. Anti-capitalism campaigners distribute spoof edition of Financial Times (March 27, 2009)
    Anti-capitalism campaigners in London have published a spoof edition of the Financial Times today as Britian prepares to host next week's G20 summit in London.
59. The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers (March 18, 2009)
    Journalism is collapsing, and with it comes the most serious threat in our lifetimes to self-government and the rule of law as it has been understood here in the United States.
60. Ad revenues still strong, say GTA ethnic media groups (March 6, 2009)
    
61. IFJ Launches Booklet to Engage Media Professionals in Fight Against Gender Discrimination (March 6, 2009)
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today called on media professionals and unions activists to join the fight against gender discrimination by releasing a booklet on gender equality.
62. Written off (January 13, 2009)
    Most freelance journalists in India are perceived to be the stepchildren of the Indian news media. Though some indications are there, we want to come up with concrete numbers. Hence, this—the first ever research study about the status of freelance journalists in India. We wanted to look at job (in)security, payment defaulters, general working conditions, legal frameworks, copyrights, arm-twisting tactics of news establishments, et al. The entire survey was carried out online. Written off: How the Indian news media deals with its freelance journalists Edited and published by Subir Ghosh for Newswatch. © Newswatch 2009.
63. Mainstream Media Introduction (January 2, 2009)
    Someone once said that a person’s perception of reality is a result of their beliefs. In today’s age, a lot of those beliefs are in some ways formed via the mainstream media. It is therefore worth looking at what the media presents, how it does so, and what factors affect the way it is done. This section of the globalissues.org web site introduces some of those aspects.
64. Media Conglomerates, Mergers, Concentration of Ownership (January 2, 2009)
    Some nations can influence and control their media greatly. In addition, powerful corporations also have enormous influence on mainstream media.
65. Achieving Success as a professional speaker (2009)
    Attaining success as a professional speaker is no easy matter! Talent and hard work are absolute musts. And, another absolute is EXPOSURE – success as a professional speaker depends on promoting yourself and becoming known to the people who are the gatekeepers to your audience.
66. Changing Media (2009)
    Includes groundbreaking research and analysis on achieving universal, affordable Internet access, answering the crisis in journalism and building a world-class public media system.
67. CHINA: News of Ethnic Strife Skirts Chinese Censors (2009)
    The story of ethnic strife engulfing Xinjiang may have been relegated to the inner pages of the country’s state-controlled newspapers, but this time, the government could barely suppress the outflow of information.
    
68. The Deaths of Michael Jackson and “Neda” Grip the Blogosphere (2009)
    Michael Jackson and Neda Agha-Soltan had little in common in life. But together last week their deaths in Los Angeles and Tehran consumed the blogosphere and became emblematic of the flow and character of modern communication.
69. The Future of News (2009)
    Communications and electronic journalism have changed dramatically in recent years and promise to change even more in years to come. The familiar lines that once marked the boundaries between radio, television, print, computers, telephones and other media are blurring...
70. Journalists Killed since 1992 (2009)
    A database of more than 700 journalists who have been murdered or killed on dangerous assignments since 1992. Interactive maps, timelines, and statistical breakdowns providing analysis by country, year, and type of death with a special emphasis on unsolved murders, a focal point of CPJ's Global Campaign Against Impunity.
71. Saving the News (2009)
    This 48-page document lays out a plan for preserving journalism that is centered on government guidance. The report says that journalism is too vital to be left open to market forces. They argue that while the changes brought on by the internet and the industry's financial troubles will be innovative and necessary, there should be a larger guiding strategy:
    
72. Sources Calendar Expired Entries (2009)
    An archive of past events listed in the Sources Calendar.
73. Sources media training (2009)
    Media training to ensure that you are ready to handle media interviews. Topics include Message making, Staying newsworthy, Safe spokesperson techniques, Preparation and relaxation techniques, Media ethics and expectations. Simulations of all media venues including talk shows, double enders, stand-up interviews and scrums, print columnists, videographers, and editorial boards.
74. Sources News Release Archive 2009 (2009)
    News releases from 2009.
75. Sources Newsstand (2009)
    
76. Sources (Portal für Journalisten and Autoren) - Wikipedia Artikel (2009)
    Sources ist ein Informationsportal für Journalisten, Redakteure, Autoren und Forscher mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Personen als Quellen: Fachleute und Repräsentanten, die bereit sind Fragen von Reportern zu beantworten oder sich für Live-Interviews zur Verfügung stellen.
77. Sources Select Authors (2009)
    Authors available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
    
78. Sources Select Speakers (2009)
    Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.
79. Sources Select Universities, Colleges, and Institutes (2009)
    Academic experts available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
80. The State of the News Media 2009 (2009)
    Some of the numbers are chilling. Newspaper ad revenues have fallen 23% in the last two years. Some papers are in bankruptcy, and others have lost three-quarters of their value. Nearly one out of every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 is now gone, and 2009 may be the worst year yet. In local television, news staffs, already too small to adequately cover their communities, are being cut at unprecedented rates; revenues fell by 7% in an election year — something unheard of — and ratings are now falling or are flat across the schedule. In network news, even the rare programs increasing their ratings are seeing revenues fall. The report also includes our in-depth content analysis, based on a study of nearly 80,000 news stories and television and radio segments in A Year in the News. This year we also offer some Special Reports. There is one on citizen-based media, including a university study of 363 citizen websites in 46 markets. There is a backgrounder on the growing models of entrepreneurial journalism, new Web news organizations run by professional journalists outside the mainstream press.
81. UK: Has journalism become the "most exclusive middle-class profession"? (2009)
    A governmental cross-party investigation into social and professional mobility has concluded that journalism is the "most exclusive middle-class profession".
82. When national media descends on a small town story (2009)
    As the national media began to trickle into Woodstock to cover the mysterious abduction of eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, the tenor of the story changed.
    
83. Wikipedia's article about Sources - local version (2009)
    
84. Sources Archived News Releases 1977 - 2008 (December 31, 2008)
    News releases from 2008 and before.
85. Guilty Mileage (October 28, 2008)
    The last few years have seen a number of high-profile cases in Indian courts wherein the rich and mighty have been held guilty and sentenced to prison. The news media, in many cases, has been accused of conducting its own shadow trials. The news media coverage these court cases have derived has been phenomenal...
86. Intellectual Cleansing Part 1 (October 2, 2008)
    Keeping the media safe for big business.
87. National Post Editorial Board on The Street News: Toronto’s paranoid homeless newspaper (August 18, 2008)
    
88. Toronto homeless sell hate propaganda (August 15, 2008)
    
89. A pro-Israel group's plan to rewrite history on Wikipedia (April 21, 2008)
    Electronic Intifada exposes a secret scheme by a pro-Israel pressure group to infiltrate the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia to rewrite Palestinian history, pass off crude propaganda as fact, and take over Wikipedia administrative structures to ensure these changes go either undetected or unchallenged.
    
90. Media Alert West Africa (2008)
    An annual publication on the poltiical, economic and social conditions of the media in West Africa published by the Media Foundation for West Africa.
91. Media Reform Action Guide (2008)
    This 68-page booklet is an essential primer for changing the media. Filled with useful tools, it gives step-by-step instructions on everything from mobilizing your community and monitoring your local media to advocating for national policy changes.
92. MISA Annual Report 2008 (2008)
    
93. So this is Democracy (2008)
    
94. Sources News Release Archive 2008 (2008)
    News releases from 2008.
95. Sources News Release Archive early 2008 (2008)
    
96. Where News Itself is a Category (January 1, 2008)
    Highlighting the various reasons for the decline of quality news, Subir Ghosh says when business interests hold sway over all others, the basic tenets of journalism fall by the wayside. However, if people in the society want mature journalism, we ourselves have to mature too, he maintains.
    
97. Sources Archived News Releases 2007 (December 31, 2007)
    
98. Creative Destruction (2007)
    Examines trends in Internet Based news traffic for the purpose of predicting future trends of news in America.
99. The Internet and the Threat it Poses to Local Media (2007)
    Internet news is trumping both television news and local newspapers as a daily mode of classroom instruction. Furthermore, national and international news site, such as nytimes.com and bbc.com. are trumping local news sites in American news. These developments threaten the economic viabilityof local news outlets but also the special contribution they make to American democracy.
100. Sources Archived News Releases 2006 (December 31, 2006)
     
101. Top Ten Misconceptions About the Media (April 11, 2006)
     
102. Dean's Digital World Articles (2006)
     List of Dean's Digital World articles.
103. Future of News (2006)
     A Study by The Radio Television News Directors Foundation, the report shows statistics for the use of television, radio and the internet.
104. Sources Archived News Releases 2005 (December 31, 2005)
     
105. Art, Religion and Hatred (December 1, 2005)
     Report on religious intolerance in Russia and its effects on artists and their freedom of expression.
106. Black day for the blue pencil (August 6, 2005)
     
107. Sources Archived News Releases 2004 (December 31, 2004)
     
108. Sources Archived News Releases 2003 (December 31, 2003)
     
109. Sources Archived News Releases 1979 - 2002 (December 31, 2002)
     
110. The Elements of Journalism (2001)
     The Elements of Journalism delineates the core principles shared by journalists across media, even across cultures. These principles flow from the essential function news plays in people's lives. This new edition, published April 2007, is completely updated and revised and includes a new 10th principle--the rights and responsibilites of citizens -- flowing from new power conveyed by technology to the citizen as a consumer and editor of their own news and information.
     
111. Doing Well and Doing Good (2000)
     The News has changed greatly in the past two decades. In response to the intensensely competitive media environment created by cable, news and entertainment, news outlets have softened their coverage. Their news has also become increasingly critical in tone.
112. Media in the United States (January 22, 1999)
     Media omissions, distortion, inaccuracy and bias in the US is something acknowledged by many outside the USA, and is slowly realized more and more inside the US. However, due to those very same omissions, distortion, inaccuracy and bias in the US mainstream media, it is difficult for the average American citizen to obtain an open, objective view of many of the issues that involve the United States (and since the United States is the largest economic and military power in the world, they are naturally involved in many issues!).
113. What are Journalists for? (1999)
     The Symptoms:
     Does the world you read about bear much resemblance to the one you actually live in?
     Who, or what, really writes the news?
     Are there any facts, or is there only spin?
     Is news inherently conflict-driven?
     What part did news play in the “Asian miracle”? What part did it play in the “Asian crisis”?
     To what extent is news responsible for Bill Clinton’s brush with political oblivion?
     Why are Palestinians always terrorists while Israelis, even assassins, only zealots?
     Who is Osama Bin Laden - does anyone really know? Why is he blamed?
     What is the difference between an Iraqi Supergun and a British Supergun?
     Unelected bureaucrats are rewriting our global constitution, through the MAI or IMF rules. How come so few people even know what MAI stands for?
     
114. What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream (1997)
     Noam Chomsky shares his approach to analyzing media and reveals the meaning and consequence of the strategic design of communication.
115. Sources Archived News Releases - Pre 1979 (December 31, 1979)
     
116. Book of the Year for Children Award (1947)
     Winners from 1947 on.