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February 21, 2001

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Measuring The Progress of Progressive Media
Andrea Buffa discusses ways of measuring the effectiveness of progressive media outlets, looking at such indicators as audience size and diversity, outreach and education, and explores some visions for improvements. From Media Alliance-San Francisco Bay area More about: United States, North America, Activism, Audience, Business, Magazines, Radio, Television

Russia's TV Battles
In Russia, where TV plays a central role in politics, NTV, the country's only private national television network, has starred in a "judicial and financial soap opera" for over a year, write Sylvie Braibant and Carole Sigman. From Le Monde Diplomatique More about: Russian Federation, Audience, Business, Cultural Impacts, Politics

Corporate Warfare-ism
The subversive pranksters of (R)^TMark may have co-opted corporate culture, but are they next in line to be co-opted themselves? Alex Burns uses links-heavy hypertext to explore the future of culture-jamming. From The Disinformation Company More about: Activism, Advertising/Commerce, Cultural Impacts, Multimedia/Internet

The Great Media Violence Debate
Liberals who oppose restrictions on violent media are following an orthodoxy that ignores parents' grave concerns, writes Michael Massing. Wendy Kaminer argues that Massing is ignoring real threats to free speech. From The American Prospect More about: United States, North America, Children, Cultural Impacts, Freedom of Expression, Politics, Violence

Women Journalists In Iran
The conservative crackdown on Iran's reformist press has hit women journalists particularly hard. They're supporting President Khatami's re-election in May, hoping it will bring back press freedom, writes Persheng Vaziri. From Internews Network, Inc. More about: Iran, Diversity, Freedom of Expression, Labor, Policy/Law, Newspapers

Secrets Of Science
Press embargoes and the courting of journalists by premier scientific journals might help protect publications' scoops, but these practices also endanger investigative science reporting, writes Emily Chung. From Thunderbird Journalism Review More about: Credibility/Accuracy, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage

Queer Irish
Gays and lesbians get formulaic coverage in liberal Irish media, writes Michael Cronin, and treating them as either an oppressed minority or as glamorous (male) consumers "serves an essentially conservative political purpose." From Community Media Network More about: Ireland, Western Europe, Audience, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, News Coverage, Newspapers, Television

Modern Muckraking
Trudy Lieberman reports on how three U.S. newspapers have tried to make readers care about poverty, which affects tens of millions of people in the nation. From Columbia Journalism Review More about: United States, North America, Newspapers

Native Radio
Launched in December, 2000, Hopi-run public radio station KUYI broadcasts news, sports and music while helping to preserve the disappearing Hopi language. Mike Janssen reports. [http://www.current.org/radio/radio0102native.html, Feb 7, 01, current, diversity, US, radio, cultural impacts, audience, public broadcasting] From Current More about: United States, North America, Audience, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, Public Broadcasting, Radio

The Reality Of TV News
There used to be only one "reality" show, writes Farai Chideya: "It was called the news." Now Reality TV is booming, and TV news outlets are cutting down on staff and quality. From Pop & Politics More about: News Coverage, Television