Building a New Media Landscape for
a Stronger Democracy
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As author/journalist Chris Hedges has written, “The media landscape in the US is collapsing...One-third of the country’s newspapers have shut down and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists have lost jobs since 2005.”
The market-driven mania for big profits has used technology to destroy the media landscape of decades past ago. Out of the ruins of traditional media, a phoenix of truth and justice must rise to create something new, reliable, factual, and accessible to help us to enact policies to prevent three looming disasters:
This edition of Justice Rising helps begin that process by covering how Wall Street financial, and Big Tech corporations caused the demise of traditional media. But it also describes the emergence of mission-oriented nonprofit newsrooms, movement journalism, and locally sponsored information sources that are forming the new media landscape. Most critically, multiple articles emphasize the need for all people to become critically media literate to find truth in the media morass.
The edition is out now! Download individual article .pdfs below. You can also contact us to order a print copy (or several!)
The market-driven mania for big profits has used technology to destroy the media landscape of decades past ago. Out of the ruins of traditional media, a phoenix of truth and justice must rise to create something new, reliable, factual, and accessible to help us to enact policies to prevent three looming disasters:
- The rise of authoritarianism. A "phoenix" media can support a stronger democracy in which the needs and concerns of all people are heard and acted upon.
- Climate collapse. Information about impacts, causes, and resilience/mitigation strategies can counter propaganda from self- interested corporate elites and politicians.
- The rise of militarism and a need to end all wars, before violence ruins the peace, safety and security of our lives forever.
This edition of Justice Rising helps begin that process by covering how Wall Street financial, and Big Tech corporations caused the demise of traditional media. But it also describes the emergence of mission-oriented nonprofit newsrooms, movement journalism, and locally sponsored information sources that are forming the new media landscape. Most critically, multiple articles emphasize the need for all people to become critically media literate to find truth in the media morass.
The edition is out now! Download individual article .pdfs below. You can also contact us to order a print copy (or several!)
- Rise of the Phoenix and "Critical" Media Literacy, by Jim Tarbell pdf
- News Cooperatives: Planting the Seeds of a More Democratic Journalism, by Kate Maxwell pdf
- Local News Decimated by Hedge Funds and Private Equity, by Margot Susca pdf
- Fight for the Air, "Serve the Public Interest," by Sue Wilson pdf
- The Imperial Press: The American Empire and Its Media, by Norman Solomon pdf
- Isolation Media: The Antisocial Impact of Social Media on Democracy, by Alison Butler pdf
- People are the Answer, Not Artificial Intelligence, by Jack Bandy pdf
- Editorial and Dedication pdf
- Ethical Journalism Safeguards Human Rights and Civil Liberties, by Mischa Geracoulis pdf
- Critical Media Literacy Education Now! by Mickey Huff pdf
- Fighting Fake News by Suspending Judgement & Presidential Fake News, by Nolan Higdon pdf
- Critical Media Project & Key Concepts, by Alison Trope and DJ Johnson pdf
- Propaganda: Building an Immunity, by Michael Gordon & Critical Media Literacy in Action, by Shealeigh Voitl, Kate Horgan, and Reagan Haynie pdf
- Community Radio: Our Best Hope for Community-Based Media and Democracy--Can We Keep It Vibrant and Strong? by Marty Durlin pfd
- Nonprofit Media: Can It Replace Traditional Journalism Outlets as Reliable News Sources? by Sharine Azimi, with News Outlet Profiles from INN's Network pdf
- Mission-Oriented Journalism, by Jim Tarbell, Andy Roth, Nancy Price, and David Delk, with Power and Money at Fox News pdf
- JR Recommeded Mission-Oriented Newsrooms pdf
- New Media Landscape for a Stronger Democracy: Groups pdf
- New Media Landscape for a Stronger Democracy: Books pdf
- Our Media Landscape Needs Structural Transformation, by Victor Pickard pdf
- News Flash: We're Mad as Hell and Aren't Going to Take It Anymore pdf
