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Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO
Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “It’s Not the Man, It’s the Movement”
I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado this week when Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter asked me, “Is Obama a sellout?” The question isn’t whether he is a sellout or not—it’s about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to?
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“Funny Man in an Unfunny World”
The world lost one of its great comedians this week with the death at age 71 of George Carlin. Carlin had a career as a stand-up comic that spanned a half-century, in which he continually broke new ground, targeting those in power with his wit and genius.
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“Weather Reports Are Missing the Story”
While the TV meteorologists document “extreme weather” with their increasingly sophisticated toolbox, from Doppler radar to 3-D animated maps, the two words rarely uttered are its cause: global warming.
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Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball, discussing the women’s vote in the 2008 election.
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“This Way to Better Media”
“This way to better media,” read the floor sign directing people through a skyway to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Thousands of people gathered there for the fourth National Conference for Media Reform, hosted by freepress.net. They came from all walks of life and all ages to address a central crisis in our society: our broken media system. I was one of the invited speakers.
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“Obama Strikes a Chord With a Disaffected Republican”
David Iglesias is an evangelical, Hispanic Republican—yes, that one, the former U.S. attorney for New Mexico—and he has positive things to say about Barack Obama.
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“Utah Phillips Has Left the Stage”
“Utah” Phillips died this week at the age of 73. He was a musician, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his local homeless shelter. He also was an archivist, a historian and a traveler, playing guitar and singing almost forgotten songs of the dispossessed and the downtrodden, and keeping alive the memory of labor heroes like Emma Goldman, Joe Hill and the Industrial Workers of the World, “the Wobblies,” in a society that too soon forgets.
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Democracy Now! is currently accepting applications for internships in New York City. Please email admin (at) democracynow (dot) org for more information.
Jobs
Manager for Spanish Outreach & Programming
Outreach & Publicity Director
Immediate opening for full-time Manager of Spanish Outreach & Programming
Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based in New York City. In 2005 we launched Democracy Now! en español to produce, market and distribute Spanish language translations of Democracy Now! content. Today, 200 stations broadcast either our daily headlines or our Resumen Semanal, an 30-minute weekly round up of top headlines.
Building on this strong foundation, the Manager of Spanish Outreach & Programming
will lead our committed team in a period of new growth, bringing more Spanish language Democracy Now! content to bigger audiences worldwide.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage, supervise and participate in the translation of audio, video and print content between English and Spanish.
- Manage, supervise and participate in the editing of audio and video content.
- Exercise discretion in identifying new markets for distribution and opportunities for content creation.
- Market Spanish language content to stations, websites, publications, etc.
- Manage, recruit and supervise remote and New York City based staff, interns and contractors.
- Update content and supervise development of new features for Spanish section of website.
- Manage database of station, publication and website contacts.
- Develop audience for Spanish language content through outreach and publicity.
- Other duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
- In-depth knowledge of Democracy Now!
- Bilingual
- English/Spanish translation and/or interpretation experience
- Managerial and supervisory experience
- Publicity and/or marketing experience
- Audio/video editing
- Familiarity with Spanish language media networks
- Knowledge of Mac OS, Final Cut Pro, Office suite and Filemaker or similar database software
- Extremely well organized
This is a full-time New York City based position with benefits and salary based on experience. Democracy Now! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to job (at) democracynow (dot) org with “Spanish Manager” as the subject. No phone calls.
Immediate opening for full-time Outreach & Publicity Director
Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based in New York City. Over the past 12 years, the outreach team at Democracy Now! has extended the reach of the program dramatically. In 2001 Democracy Now! was available on only 34 stations. Today, over 700 TV and radio stations across the globe carry the program and hundreds of thousands of viewer/listeners stream and podcast the show at democracynow.org. Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Outreach Director to lead our ongoing efforts to reach hundreds of millions new viewers and listeners with our grassroots global news hour.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the work of outreach department staff and volunteers as they work to grow DN! audience and expand the network of stations that carry the program.
- Develop and implement DN! publicity strategy.
- Build online viewer/listenership and raise DN!’s profile on the Internet.
- Seek out new distribution platforms.
- Launch Teaching Democracy Now! project, which will provide resources and support to educators who want to use DN! content in their classrooms.
- Coordinate with Democracy Now! en español team as needed.
- Provide planning and reporting on department activities.
QUALIFICATIONS
- In-depth knowledge of Democracy Now!
- 3-5 years work experience in media field
- 3-5 years managerial experience
- Publicity and/or marketing experience
- Familiarity with viral marketing
- Familiarity with public broadcasting field
- Extremely well organized
- Flexible
This is a full-time New York City based position with benefits and salary based on experience. Democracy Now! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to job (at) democracynow (dot) org with “Outreach Director” as the subject. No phone calls.
