Tue, Jul 22, 2008
This episode looks at the risks journalists around the world face every day. For some journalists from other countries who have now settled in the US, practicing their profession back home was a dangerous endeavor. They sometimes did so under the threat of imprisonment, torture and even death. In this episode we meet Roozbeh Mirebrahimi, an Iran journalist who was imprisoned and tortured for his reporting. We also profile Nowy Dziennik, the largest Polish newspaper published in New York City.
Tue, Aug 19, 2008
On this episode editors from the two largest Chinese language papers join for in studio discussion while journalist and author Dave Zirin speaks talks sports. We also take a look at the mainstream media's coverage of the Olympics through the eyes of the Chinese community. Plus, coverage of the Beijing Olympics in Russian and French publications.
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
This episode explores how ethnic media papers are surviving while some of their mainstream counterparts are floundering during the economic downturn. Lives of refugees from the Western Sahara. Role of Jewish matchmakers in the Orthodox community and HITN, one of the leading Spanish television stations in New York City.