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The Real News Network (TRNN) is an independent, nonprofit news organization based in
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that covers both national and international news.


History

TRNN was founded by documentary producer
Paul Jay Paul Jay (born 1951) is a journalist, filmmaker, is the founder, editor-in-chief, and host of theAnalysis.news, a news analysis service. He was the founder, CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network (TRNN). Jay was born and raised in Toront ...
and Mishuk Munier in September 2003, with the goal of creating a news network that made complicated concepts accessible to the average person. TRNN moved to Baltimore in June 2014, with the focus of telling stories about urban America, specifically focusing on the city's issues, including crime, education, and housing that are found throughout the United States. Communications executive John Duda became the organization's executive director in June 2020. TRNN does not accept funding from advertising, governments, or corporations - it is sustained through donations from viewers and foundations, and has a small for-profit segment.


Content

TRNN produces five-to-seven minute news reports available online or
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. In 2016, former Black Panther
Marshall "Eddie" Conway Marshall "Eddie" Conway (born April 23, 1946) is a former leading member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party who in 1971 was convicted of murder of a police officer a year earlier, in a trial with many irregularities. In 2014 he ...
became the host and producer of "Rattling the Bars," a weekly investigative program about prison systems in the US and abroad. Independent journalist Michael Fox’s podcast “Brazil on Fire” is a joint project of The Real News Network and NACLA.


Staff

* Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez was formerly a temporary warehouse worker, an experience which he says impacts whose stories he covers and how. * Reporters Stephen Janis and Taya Graham were some of the first journalists to cover the story of Anton Black, a 19 year old who died after being pinned to the ground by police in rural Maryland. * Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
Chris Hedges Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, author, and commentator. In his early career, Hedges worked as a freelance war correspondent in Central America for '' The Christian Science M ...
records his weekly digital television show, ''The Chris Hedges Report'', in cooperation with The Real News Network. * Boston Globe climate reporter Dharna Noor previously led the climate team at TRNN.


See also

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Alternative media Alternative media are media sources that differ from established or dominant types of media (such as mainstream media or mass media) in terms of their content, production, or distribution.Downing, John (2001). ''Radical Media''. Thousand Oaks, ...
*
Citizen journalism Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, a ...
*
Independent media Independent media refers to any media, such as television, newspapers or Internet-based publications, that is free of influence by government or corporate interests. The term has varied applications. Within the United States and other developed ...
* Watchdog journalism


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