Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media coverage of President Obama's Jobs bill, which failed in the Senate, and the NAFTA-style Free Trade Agreements, which passed the House and Senate. We will also talk about bills signed by California Governor Jerry Brown and recent protests in Egypt that left 25 people dead. We'll be joined by the Ventura County Star's Timm Herdt, Jadalyyia's Hesham Sallam and Huffington Post's Arthur Delany. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Hesham Sallam, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine

Arthur Delaney, reporter with Huffington Post

Timm Herdt, State Editor of the Ventura County Star

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media coverage of the Republican primary race, the continuing protests on Wall Street, the debt crisis in Europe, and the ten year anniversary of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. We'll be joined by independent journalist Mark Hertsgaard, Guardian columnist Jonathan Steele--whose latest book Ghosts of Afghanistan was published earlier this month--and Anand Gopal, who covers Afghanistan and Egypt. Join us live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:

Mark Hertsgaard, an independent journalist whose most recent story for Salon.com details how Mitt Romney helped Rick Perry break the law by channelling illicit campaign contributions.

Jonathan Steele, Guardian columnist and foreign correspondent, whose latest book Ghosts of Afghanistan was published earlier this month.

Anand Gopal, a writer and journalist who covers Afghanistan and Egypt for a number of newspapers and magazines

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of attempts to slash Medicare and cut Planned Parenthood funding at the state level. Funding has already been cut in Indiana. We'll also talk about freedom of the press in Egypt post-Hosni Mubarak. We'll be joined by Columbia Journalism Review's Trudy Lieberman, RH Reality Check's Jodi Jacobson, and Ahram Online's chief editor Hani Shukrallah joins us from Cairo. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Hani Shukrallah, Chief editor of Ahram online in Egypt

Jodi Jacobson, Chief editor of RH Reality Check

Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor of Columbia Journalism Review

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What will democracy look like for Egypt?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Egypt's progress towards democracy. Are they any closer post-revolution, with President Hosni Mubarak out of power? The country is now governed by martial law and some activists have been detained. So how can Egypt maintain stability through this transition and while allowing for true democratic process? Who is included in the reshaping of the nation? Who is left out? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we learn from Egypt about our own democracy? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Noha Mohamed Radwan, comparative literature professor at University of California, Davis

Khaled Fahmy, chair of the History Dept at the American University in Cairo

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the historic uprising in Egypt. What role is the U.S. playing? And how is the press covering U.S. foreign policy in the region? We will be joined by BBC's Kim Ghattas, independent journalist Reese Erlich and Inter Press Service's Emad Mackey. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Kim Khattas, the BBC State Department correspondent

Emad Mackey, a reporter for Inter Press Service based in Cairo.

Reese Erlich, a veteran journalist who has reported for a variety of print and radio outlets including San Francisco Chronicle, and National Public Radio

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the unprecedented uprising in Egypt and the government's efforts to silence foreign correspondents. We'll also discuss coverage of the response from the U.S. State Department. How are U.S. media outlets covering U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East? We'll be joined by Real News Network's Paul Jay and Jadaliyya's Bassam Haddad, while Inter Press Service's Emad Mekay joins us from Cairo. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Paul Jay, a Canadian journalist and film director, and creator and CEO of The Real News.

Bassam Haddad, serves on the Editorial Committee of Middle East Report and is Co-Founder of Jadaliyya Ezine.

Emad Mekay, a journalist with IPS News Service reporting from Cairo

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What's in store for the future of Egypt?

What's in store for the future of Egypt and the surrounding region? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the historic massive uprising in Egypt. From Cairo to Alexandria, millions of people from all walks of life are taking to the streets to demand President Husni-Mubarak step down. How are the unprecedented events in Egypt changing the socio-political landscape across the region? What are the lessons for social movements in the U.S. and other parts of the world? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Samer Shehata, an Assistant Professor of Arab Politics at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Hesham Sallam, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the unprecedented protests across the Middle East. How has media coverage shaped our views about the unfolding events in the region and United States' foreign policy? We'll also talk about President Obama's State of the Union speech. We'll be joined by Middle East Research and Information Project's Chris Toesing, The Nation's Chris Hedges and Aljazeera's Sherine Tadros joins us from Gaza. Where did you the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, and a senior fellow at the Nation Institute.

Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report Journal and director of the Middle East Research and Information Project.

Sherine Tadros, a correspondent for Al Jazeera English based in Jerusalem

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