News for All the People; The Epic Story of Race and the American Media
London: Verso [the imprint of New Left Books], 2011. First Published by Verso 2011 [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 453, [3] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Signed by both authors on the title page. Juan González is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He was also a columnist for the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He frequently co-hosts the radio and television program Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. Whilst working for the New York Daily News, González won his first George Polk Award in 1998 for "unflinching" investigative reporting.
He is former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, for which he created the Parity Project, an innovative program designed to help news organizations recruit and retain Hispanic reporters and managers. In 2008, The National Association of Hispanic Journalists inducted González into the organization's Hall of Fame. News for All the People reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans received from the mainstream media. It unearths numerous examples of how publishers and broadcasters actually fomented racial violence and discrimination through their coverage. And it chronicles the influence federal media policies exerted in such conflicts. It depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press, and then, beginning in the 1970s, forced open the doors of the major media companies. The writing is story-driven, and replete with memorable portraits of journalists and media executives. It weaves back and forth between the corporate and government leaders who built our segregated media system and those who rebelled against that system. Based on years of archival research and reporting and written by two leading advocates for a more inclusive and democratic media system, Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: News Media, Journalism, Racism, Segregation, Discrimination, Advertising, Alternative Press, Newspapers, Civil Rights, Native Americans, African-Americans, Hispanics, Race Riots, Slavery
ISBN: 9781844676873
[Book #77741]
Price: $150.00