Tracy Van Slyke
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Tracy Van Slyke is the project director for The Media Consortium, "a network of the country’s leading, progressive, independent media outlets".[1] The Media Consortium recently published the ground breaking study, "The Big Thaw: Charting a New Course for Journalism."
She was formerly the publisher for the progressive news magazine In These Times.[1]
Van Slyke recently co-authored "Beyond the Echo Chamber: How a Networked Progressive Media Can Reshape American Politics", published by The New Press, with Jessica Clark. Clark and Van Slyke also co-edit a related blog, Beyond The Echo. [2] Christopher Hayes, the Washington editor for The Nation has written that “Beyond The Echo Chamber tells one of the great untold stories of this decade: the evolution of an entirely new (and newly powerful) progressive media… It’s a must-read for media practitioners, consumers, and progressives of all stripes.” Laura Flanders, the host of GRITtv and the author of Blue Grit, describes the book like so: “From he-media to 'we-media,' Van Slyke and Clark document the shift from a media universe dominated by a few grim men to one in which progressive media can experiment, collaborate, report and have real impact.”
Van Slyke is currently on the board of both National People's Action, a national grassroots community organizing group, and Women, Action and the Media (WAM!), a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a robust, effective, inclusive movement for gender justice in media. In 2009, she was a Progressive Women Voice's fellow, which is the premier media and leadership training program organized by the Women's Media Center.
Van Slyke is a graduate of the University of Iowa.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "About The Media Consortium". http://www.themediaconsortium.org/about/. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
- ^ "Jessica Clark's bio at Center for Social Media". http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/about/staff/jessicaclark/. Retrieved 2009-12-05.[dead link]
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