It’s Show Time! And Violence is Golden
It’s doubtful anyone can prove a direct link between “movie violence” and the abhorrent level of murder by guns in the US. But it is certainly part of the reinvigorated…
Axe Falls on SF Weekly Editor
SF Weekly editor Tom Walsh was terminated with immediate effect Thursday, confirmed Todd Vogt, co-owner of the San Francisco Newspaper Company, the parent company that previously added the SF Examiner…
KPFA Is More Than a Radio Station
According to the mission statement of Pacifica, we would be wrong to base all of our programming decisions on who makes the most money during the morning drive time or…
Why I’m Supporting SaveKPFA in KPFA’s Board Election
This month, KPFA is going through what will probably prove to be one of the most important elections of its 10-year experiment with democracy.
Event: Digital Security Tools for Working Journalists
Paying attention to digital security is no longer an option. Every reporter should know how to protect their digital communications and guard the information on their computers, to make sure…
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Propaganda: North Korea Perspective on US, Western Civilization
On a trip to visit family in Seoul in April, I was approached by a man and a woman who claimed to be North Korean defectors. They presented me with…
Pay for Journalism or Pay the Consequences
The collapse of print media, combined with the rise of the Internet, has contributed to a boom in citizen journalism and blogging, as well as layoffs of thousands of newsroom…