The panelists for this episode include:
Dan Kennedy
Dan Kennedy is a visiting assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Journalism. Previously Kennedy was senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix, New England's largest weekly newspaper, where he worked from 1991 to 2005. In 2001 he won the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism
for his coverage of the media during the 2000 presidential campaign, as
well as other national and local media issues. He was the runner-up for
the Rowse Award in 1999. Kennedy is a semi-regular panelist on "Beat the Press," a roundup of media issues broadcast every Friday on Greater Boston with Emily Rooney, the public-affairs program of WGBH-TV (Channels 2 and 44). He is an occasional guest on The Paul Sullivan Show, on WBZ Radio (AM 1030), and appears from time to time on WRKO Radio (AM 680) as a commentator. He has also appeared on Reliable Sources, on CNN; On the Media, on NPR; and The O'Reilly Factor, on the Fox News Channel. He writes the "Mass.Media" column for CommonWealth Magazine, focusing on innovative ways by which media organizations are nurturing civic engagement. He has also written for The New Republic, Slate, Salon, the Unitarian Universalist World, and other publications.
Paul La Camera
Paul
La Camera was appointed President of The WBUR Group in October, 2005.
The principal outlets of The WBUR Group, licensed to Boston University,
include WBUR-FM, Boston; WBUR-AM, West Yarmouth; WRNI-AM, Providence,
Rhode Island; and wbur.org. Previously,
La Camera served for more than 33 years at WCVB-TV, Boston’s ABC
affiliate, including almost 12 years as President and General Manager.
WCVB is Boston’s leading local station and is widely considered to be
among America’s best commercial television stations. Among
his television industry activities, La Camera served on the White House
Advisory Committee (Gore Commission) on Public Interest Obligations of
Digital Television Broadcasters. He has testified on local television
issues before both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the
U.S. House Telecommunications Subcommittee. La
Camera is a board member of the Boston Foundation, the Boston Public
Library Foundation, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, and the
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Robert Hilliard
Formerly Dean of Graduate Studies and Dean of Continuing Education at Emerson College, Dr. Hilliard teaches courses such as Media Programming, The Media and the Holocaust, Hate.com, Communication Law, and Pictures of Protest. He was formerly Chief of the Public Broadcasting Branch of the Federal Communications Commission and Chair of the Federal Interagency Media Committee for the White House. A frequent lecturer on media and education on all continents, Dr. Hilliard is the author of more than 30 books on communication, including several leading media texts.
Yolanda Hippensteele
Yolanda Hippensteele is the Outreach Director at Free Press, a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Yolanda oversees outreach and organizing projects at Free Press, develops public education materials and activist tools, implements campaign strategies, and coordinates special events. Since joining Free Press in 2003, she has created Free Press’ Media Reform Toolkit, organized FCC hearings and local town meetings, and directed the successful National Conference for Media Reform in 2003, 2005, and 2007. Prior to joining Free Press, she worked at the Independent Media Institute in San Francisco and with the D.C. public affairs firm Bass & Howes to advocate for women’s rights and progressive health care policy.
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