FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
Web Site: http://www.fsrn.org
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Speech-Radio-News/37532461796
Twitter Name: @fsrn
Providing incisive news and analysis in the service of peace and social
justice, Free Speech Radio News is the only daily half-hour progressive
radio newscast in the U.S. It is owned and managed by news reporters,
and is an independent broadcast news organization.
FSRN was born in January 2000 as the result of a strike by 43 reporters who formerly worked for Pacifica Network News (PNN). It was created in defiance of the Pacifica Foundation's former Board of Directors and staff, who imposed a gag rule and censorship restrictions on PNN reporters.
Since that time, FSRN has expanded to over 200 journalists who report from 40 states within the U.S. and 57 countries around the world, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Argentina, Mexico and Nigeria.
Any journalist may pitch a news story to FSRN, and every reporter who produces a story gets paid. FSRN actively recruits and trains people throughout the U.S. and around the world, resulting in an ever-expanding and broadened reporter base.
FSRN supports peace and social justice. It emphasizes decentralized production, and the collective input of Pacifica stations, affiliates and other community media. The FSRN steering committee strives for diversity in ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation in the staff and reporting pool.
FSRN is administered by Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship (PRAC), a newly incorporated not-for-profit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation. FSRN is currently negotiating for union affiliation.
Jade Paget-Seekins, Host, has been volunteering/working in community radio for over ten years.
She has a BA in radio and television from San Francisco State University. She spent a year working with the Independent Media Center, traveling around reporting and producing from major protests.
In January of 2001 when it was a weekly newscast she started volunteering with Free Speech Radio News. She has been the technical producer since FSRN became a daily newscast on May 21, 2001.
Producers:
Monica Lopez (Features Producer)
Simba Russeau (Assistant Features Producer)
Shannon Young (Headlines Producer)
Jade Pagette-Seekins (Technical Co-producer)
Eric Kline (Technical Co-producer)
Email addresses:
Features producers: fsrn-features@wbai.org
Headlines producers: fsrn-headlines@wbai.org
Technical concerns and tech producers: fsrn-tech@wbai.org
Phone number:
(212) 209-2811
For copies of the show:
Go to www.fsrn.org and listen on the Web or download an mp3 copy.
Monday to Friday, 5:00am - 5:30am
Hosted by: Aura Bogado
Web Site: http://www.fsrn.org
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Speech-Radio-News/37532461796
Twitter Name: @fsrn
Providing incisive news and analysis in the service of peace and social
justice, Free Speech Radio News is the only daily half-hour progressive
radio newscast in the U.S. It is owned and managed by news reporters,
and is an independent broadcast news organization. FSRN was born in January 2000 as the result of a strike by 43 reporters who formerly worked for Pacifica Network News (PNN). It was created in defiance of the Pacifica Foundation's former Board of Directors and staff, who imposed a gag rule and censorship restrictions on PNN reporters.
Since that time, FSRN has expanded to over 200 journalists who report from 40 states within the U.S. and 57 countries around the world, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Argentina, Mexico and Nigeria.
Any journalist may pitch a news story to FSRN, and every reporter who produces a story gets paid. FSRN actively recruits and trains people throughout the U.S. and around the world, resulting in an ever-expanding and broadened reporter base.
FSRN supports peace and social justice. It emphasizes decentralized production, and the collective input of Pacifica stations, affiliates and other community media. The FSRN steering committee strives for diversity in ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation in the staff and reporting pool.
FSRN is administered by Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship (PRAC), a newly incorporated not-for-profit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation. FSRN is currently negotiating for union affiliation.
Jade Paget-Seekins, Host, has been volunteering/working in community radio for over ten years.
She has a BA in radio and television from San Francisco State University. She spent a year working with the Independent Media Center, traveling around reporting and producing from major protests.
In January of 2001 when it was a weekly newscast she started volunteering with Free Speech Radio News. She has been the technical producer since FSRN became a daily newscast on May 21, 2001.
Producers:
Monica Lopez (Features Producer)
Simba Russeau (Assistant Features Producer)
Shannon Young (Headlines Producer)
Jade Pagette-Seekins (Technical Co-producer)
Eric Kline (Technical Co-producer)
Email addresses:
Features producers: fsrn-features@wbai.org
Headlines producers: fsrn-headlines@wbai.org
Technical concerns and tech producers: fsrn-tech@wbai.org
Phone number:
(212) 209-2811
For copies of the show:
Go to www.fsrn.org and listen on the Web or download an mp3 copy.