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Alternative Journalism
This is a list of alternative media supporting the views of the American political left. It covers alternative media sources including talk radio programs, TV shows, podcasts, investigative journalism, documentaries, blogs and other alternative media sources. List of media News services *AlterNet *The American Prospect *Common Dreams *Consortium News *Current_Affairs_(magazine), Current Affairs *Daily Kos *Democracy Now! *The Empire Files *The Grayzone *In These Times (publication), In These Times *Indymedia *Jacobin (magazine), Jacobin *David Sirota#The Lever , The Lever (headed by David Sirota, formerly The Daily Poster) *The Majority Report with Sam Seder *MintPress News *The Nation *The New Republic *OpEdNews *The Raw Story *The Real News *Redneck Revolt *Reveal News *ShadowProof *Status Coup *Truthdig *Truthout *US Uncut *Vice News *Vox (website), Vox *World Socialist Web Site *ZNetwork Television channels and networks *Free Speech TV *Link TV *Means TV *The Real News, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Media
Alternative media are media sources that differ from established forms of media, such as mainstream media or mass media, in terms of their content, production, or distribution.Downing, John (2001). ''Radical Media''. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Alternative media includes many formats, including print, audio, film/video, online/digital and street art, among others. Some examples include the counter-culture zines of the 1960s, ethnic and indigenous media such as the First People's television network in Canada (later rebranded Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), and more recently online open publishing journalism sites such as Indymedia. Sometimes the term ''independent media'' is used as a synonym, indicating independence from large media corporations. However, the term "independent media" generally has a different meaning, indicating freedom of the press and independence from government control. In contrast to the mainstream media, alternative media tend to be " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sirota
David J. Sirota (born November 2, 1975) is the founder and editor-in-chief of '' The Lever'', a reader-supported investigative news outlet focused on exposing the negative influence of corporate corruption on American society. Sirota was a speechwriter and senior adviser for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's ''Don't Look Up'' alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. Sirota's professional career has spanned politics, media, and journalism. In politics, he has held roles such as campaign manager, fundraiser, spokesperson, strategist, and consultant for a variety of left-leaning Democratic candidates and office holders. He twice worked for Bernie Sanders, both when Sanders was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives and as part of Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. He was also a staff member of the Center for American Progress, a Modern libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truthout
Truthout is an American Nonprofit organization, non-profit Progressivism in the United States, progressive news organization which describes itself as "dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues". Truthout reports news from a Left-wing politics, left-wing perspective, with its main areas of focus including mass Imprisonment, incarceration and Prison abolition movement, prison abolition advocacy, social justice, climate change, militarism, economics and labor, LGBT rights in the United States, U.S. LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive justice. Truthout's senior leadership team is composed of Executive Director Ziggy West Jeffery and Editor-in-Chief Negin Owliaei. The organizations annual operating budget is approximately $2.2 million as of 2021. History Founding Truthout was founded in 2001 in the aftermath of the 2000 United States presidential election. By 2006, the organization had thirty employees. Controversial rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truthdig
Truthdig is an American alternative news website that provides a mix of long-form articles, blog items, curated links, interviews, arts criticism, and commentary on current events that is delivered from a politically progressive, left-leaning point of view. The site focuses on major "digs" that purport to look beneath headlines to reveal facts overlooked or not reported by mainstream media. Truthdig was co-founded in 2005 by Zuade Kaufman and Robert Scheer, who served as editor-in-chief. As of 2014, the Truthdig site drew more than 400,000 visitors per month. History Kaufman began her journalism career at KCET in Los Angeles, initially working on documentaries before transitioning to print journalism. She collaborated with Scheer on hyperlocal editions at the ''Los Angeles Times'' , ''Westside'', ''Weekly'', and ''Our Times'', starting as a researcher and then as a staff reporter. After the newspaper changed ownership and eliminated these local editions, Kaufman pursued a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Status Coup
Jordan Daniel Chariton (born September 20, 1986) is an American investigative reporter. Chariton is the CEO of ''Status Coup'', a progressive media outlet that features investigative and on-the-ground reporting on politics, corruption, the working class, social justice, and the environment. Chariton's reporting has been published in The Guardian, VICE News, The Intercept, Detroit Metro Times, The Hill, Mediaite, and CNBC.com. Chariton previously worked for digital news network ''The Young Turks'', where he covered the 2016 presidential election, the protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, and notably the Flint water crisis. Early life and education Chariton was born and raised in Long Island, New York, graduating from Massapequa High School in 2004. He graduated from the University of Tampa in 2008, Majoring in Communications, with a Minor in Writing. Career Chariton's early experience working in mainstream media spanned left-wing and right-wing news outlets. His cabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reveal News
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in San Francisco, California. CIR was founded in 1977 as the nation’s first nonprofit investigative journalism organization. It subsequently grew into a multi-platform newsroom, with its flagship distribution platform being '' Reveal''. In February 2024, it merged with '' Mother Jones'' and became the magazine's publisher. History Beginnings David Weir, Dan Noyes, and Lowell Bergman founded The Center for Investigative Reporting in 1977. This was the first nonprofit news organization in the United States to be focused on investigative reporting. 1980s In 1982, reporters from the center worked with ''Mother Jones'' magazine to report testing fraud in consumer products. The investigation won several awards, including Sigma Delta Chi and Investigative Reporters and Editors awards. CIR began producing television documentaries in 1980. It has since produced more than 30 documentaries for '' Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redneck Revolt
Redneck Revolt is an American political group that organizes predominantly among working-class people. The group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. Founded in Kansas in 2009, members were present at several protests against Donald Trump and against the far-right in 2017. Background Redneck Revolt was founded in 2009, partly in response to the perceived contradictions of the Tea Party movement, as an offshoot of the John Brown Gun Club, a firearms training and community defense project that was itself founded in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2004. Founding member Dave Strano was previously part of the Kansas Mutual Aid Network which was involved in organizing protests against the Republican National Convention in 2004, in relation to which he and others began to train with firearms and engage in Second Amendment advocacy. In the early 2000s, John Brown Gun Club members operated anti-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real News
The Real News Network (TRNN) is a news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, that covers both national and international news. It includes both for-profit arm and non-profit organizations. History TRNN was founded by documentary producer Paul Jay and Mishuk Munier in September 2003 in Toronto, 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. Dharna Noor used to lead the climate team at TRNN. Maximillian Alvarez became Editor-in-Chief. He was formerly a temporary warehouse worker, an experience which he says impacts whose stories he covers and how. Funding In January 2007, Paul Jay told the Daily Kos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raw Story
''Raw Story'' (also stylized as ''RawStory'') is an American progressive news website. Its reporting is a combination of syndicated articles, aggregated material, and its own independent reporting. With its focus on "news that's downplayed by mainstream media outlets", ''Raw Story'' often scoops major news media and has received several awards for its investigative journalism on topics such as domestic extremism, congressional conflicts-of-interest, and violence against US postal carriers. The organization was founded in 2004 by John K. Byrne and is owned by Byrne and Michael Rogers. History Byrne started ''Raw Story'' as a counterpoint to the right-leaning Drudge Report after he graduated from Oberlin College in 2003. It was officially launched in 2004, with Rogers joining the same year. In 2017, ''Raw Story'' was accepted as a member of the Association of Alternative News Media. In April 2018, ''Raw Story'' partners John K. Byrne and Michael Rogers announced that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OpEdNews
''OpEdNews'' is a United States–based progressive/ liberal news, antiwar activism, and opinion website founded by Rob Kall in 2003. It is a hybrid news, community blog and article aggregation site that publishes opinion-based articles, news stories, and diaries while its mission, according to the site, is to "... provide a content management, social networking website that supports progressive communications resources and tools for activism and advocacy organizations." Being a news-source for many mainstream media, independent websites and blogs, ''OpedNews'' calls itself "a ''Drudge Report'' for progressives". The site regularly features articles by journalists (including media critic Jeff Cohen and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges), politicians (including US Senator Bernie Sanders and former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich), and commentators and activists (including Michael Moore and Medea Benjamin) as well as first-time writers. In 2014, technorati ranked ''OpEdNe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Republic
''The New Republic'' (often abbreviated as ''TNR'') is an American magazine focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts from a left-wing perspective. It publishes ten print magazines a year and a daily online platform. ''The New York Times'' described the magazine as partially founded in Teddy Roosevelt's living room and known for its "intellectual rigor and left-leaning political views." History 1914–1974: Early years Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in humanitarian and moral passion and one based in an ethos of scientific analysis". ''The New Republic'' was founded by Herbert Croly, Walter Lippmann, and Walter Weyl. They gained the financial backing of heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney and of her husband, Willard Straight, who eventually became the majority owner. The magazine's first issue was published on November 7, 1914. The magazine's politics were libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
