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The Real News
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Launched 2007
Owned by Paul Jay (CEO and Senior Editor)
Slogan "The future depends on knowing"
Country Canada and USA (main, also studios in other countries)
Broadcast area Global (World Wide Web)
Headquarters Toronto (Canada), New York and Washington
Website http://therealnews.com/

The Real News is a member-supported, global online video news network. Launched in 2007 by Paul Jay, The Real News Network describes itself as "focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism", on "the critical issues of our times".[1]

The Real News Network uses internet broadcasting, but it has contracts with satellite and cable television channels which it intends to use for broadcast once it reaches its first sustainability goal of 50,000 supporters.[2] The Real News is based in Washington D.C., with bureaus in Baltimore and Toronto.

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[edit] Stated goals

The stated goal of The Real News is to provide "independent and uncompromising" verifiable worldwide coverage of "the critical issues of our times".[1] However, they also write that bias will affect the elements of the stories they choose to highlight.[3]

The Real News also operates forums where their work can be debated and criticized, purportedly to remain aware of their own biases.[4]

The Real News relies exclusively on supporters' donations, and does not accept funding from advertising, government or corporations.[1]

[edit] History

On August 10, 2008, Daljit Dhaliwal interviewed The Real News senior editor Paul Jay on PBS Foreign Exchange about the founding of The Real News Network.[5] Jay stated that he founded the network primarily to counter the dominant news style that had emerged in the industry.

[edit] Staff

The Real News features experienced professional journalists from all over the world.[6] It is planning to host reports from volunteer-based citizen journalism in a dedicated portion of the network's website.

Analysts, Journalists and contributors:

  • Host and senior editor: Paul Jay
  • Executive Producer: Sharmini Peries
  • Main journalists: Lia Tarachansky covers Israel and Palestine from the region. David Dogherty covers American and Canadian Labour movements. Jesse Freeston covers a wide range of topics but specializes in Latin America and resource exploitation.

[edit] Content

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The Real News Network aggregates news stories from around the world and frequently hosts content by the American News Project, Al Jazeera English, Democracy Now, GRITtv, Brave New Foundation, and Euro News.

The Real News frequently interviews economists, politicians and policy experts about breaking news.

[edit] Notable Guests

Some notable guests The Real News Network have interviewed include: Bill Black[7], Zbigniew Brzezinski[8], Noam Chomsky[9], Donna Edwards[10], James Galbraith[11], Leo Gerard[12], Danny Glover[13], Dennis Kucinich[14][15], Norman Lear[16], Andre Marin[17], Ray McGovern[18], Ralph Nader[19], Rand Paul[20], Ron Paul[21], Susan Rice[22]>, Gore Vidal[23], Antonio Villaraigosa[24], Larry Wilkerson[25] and Howard Zinn[26].

[edit] Partners

In 2010 The Real News announced that it is now collaborating with the McClatchy Newspapers Washington Bureau. The agreement " delivers The Real News stories to millions of viewers who visit McClatchy papers' websites"[27].

The Real News Network also works with the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at University of Massachusetts Amherst, producing regular interviews and debates. These are aimed to "bring current economic issues into focus", by surveying "the full range of potential solutions to the current economic crisis, the economics of climate change, and PERI's long-term mission of bringing economic tools to bear to improve the daily lives of workers and families around the world"[28].

The Real News Network has partnered with Earthbeat Radio to produce video content to accompany Earthbeat's radio broadcast[29]. Earthbeat host Daphne Wysham conducts interviews and produces content about environmental issues.

In 2011 The Real News Network partnered with Free Speech Radio News. In this agreement, FSRN hosts TRNN’s daily content and vice versa[30]

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c [1]
  2. ^ Paul Jay Reality asserts itself, November 3, 2008
  3. ^ "Our Mission:Bias, Accountability and Transparency". The Real news network. http://therealnews.com/t2/about-us. 
  4. ^ Interview with Paul Jay by AlanF at Daily Kos, Jan 06, 2007]
  5. ^ The Real News featured on PBS Foreign Exchange August 10, 2008
  6. ^ Michael Dwyer (journalist) News without the sponsors, The Age, August 16, 2007
  7. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?Itemid=74&id=31&jumival=5398&option=com_content&task=view
  8. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?Itemid=74&id=31&jumival=4715&option=com_content&task=view
  9. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2606
  10. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4187
  11. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2250
  12. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=3961
  13. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2645
  14. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6616 Paul Jay Interviews Denis Kucinich about intervention in Libya, April 13th, 2011
  15. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6593 Paul Jay Interviews Denis Kucinich about Obama's Economic Policy, April 13th, 2011
  16. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1182
  17. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6953
  18. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1885
  19. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2208
  20. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=804
  21. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2208
  22. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=790
  23. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=345
  24. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=786
  25. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6870
  26. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2606
  27. ^ http://therealnews.com/t2/about-us/network-update
  28. ^ http://www.peri.umass.edu/realnews/
  29. ^ http://www.earthbeatradio.org/about/
  30. ^ http://fsrn.org/content/real-news-network-fsrnorg/8184


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