How are graphic novelists illuminating politics and history?

On the next Your Call, we'll have conversation with graphic novelists. How do images change the art of story telling? What are your favorite graphic novels? What makes them unique? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. More graphic novels have been published in the last 10 years than in the previous 30. What explains the explosion? What can we learn from graphic journalism? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Buhle, a senior lecturer in the history and civilization departments at Brown University.

Amir, a journalist and human rights activists and co-author of Zahra's Paradise.

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How are magazines surviving?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about changing trends in the magazine publishing world as the industry continues to be affected by the financial crisis and the proliferation of online and digital publishing. How are magazines adapting? We'll speak with editors of the Utne Reader, the Sun, and Bitch magazines. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@Yourcallradio.org. What do you get from magazines that you don't get from other media? What's your favorite magazine? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Krista Bremer, an associate publisher at The Sun

Andi Zeisler, co-founder of Bitch magazine

David Schimke, Utne Reader's editor in chief

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What's the Power of Graphic Journalism?

How can the craft of graphic novelists illuminate politics and history? Join us for conversation with Joe Sacco, author of Footnotes in Gaza and John Hogan of the Graphic Novel Reporter live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we learn from graphic journalism? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy, and you.

Guests:
Joe Sacco, author of Footnotes in Gaza

John Hogan, editor of the Graphic Novel Reporter

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Your Call 030309 What do you want to hear from NPR during our media crisis?

What do you want to hear from NPR in the midst of media crisis? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with NPR's Ombudsman, Alicia Shepard. Last December NPR announced the cancellation of Day to Day and News and Notes. It also laid off 64 people, and eliminated 21 other positions. How are the cutbacks going to impact NPR's programming? You can join the conversation by phone or by sending us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are your questions or concerns? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alicia Shepard, National Public Radio's Ombudsman

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Your Call 121208 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we bring in reporters from the mainstream, alternative and international press to discuss the week in American media. This week was all about firing: the Illinois governor was charged with soliciting bribes for a certain vacant Senate seat and trying to get reporters he didn't like fired; a factory was taken over by fired workers; the parent-company of the Chicago Tribune filed for bankruptcy and NPR canceled two shows and fired dozens of reporters including some old familiar names. We'll speak with Alden Loury, Editor and Publisher of the Chicago Reporter; Lee Sustar, of the Socialist Worker and Barbara Ciara, President of the National Association Of Black Journalists. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did it fall short? It's Your Call with Ben Temchine and you.

Guests: Alden Loury
Editor and Publisher of the Chicago Reporter, an investigative newsmagazine that has been covering Chicago's race, poverty and culture for 36 years. The Reporter is a project of the Community Renewal Society.

Lee Sustar in Chicago
Lee Sustar writes for the Socialist Worker and is a frequent contributor to CounterPunch and the International Socialist Review on labor issues.

Barbara Ciara in Norfolk
President of the National Association Of Black Journalists, which represents over 4,100 journalists and media professionals; Ms. Ciara is also managing editor at WTKR NewsChannel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Your Call 103108 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we discuss how the news of the week was covered. This week was the final full week before Election 2008. We'll have a look back with British reporter Andrew Gumbel and Gail Chaddock from the Christian Science Monitor. The monitor shuttered their printing presses and went fully electronic this week. How many other papers are likely to follow? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Joshua Holland in San Francisco
Senior Writer & Editor for AlterNet

Gail Chaddock in DC
Congressional Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor

Andrew Gumbel in LA
Former U.S. correspondent for the London newspaper The Independent. He has been writing stories this election season for the Nation.

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