Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss coverage of Governor Rick Perry's record in Texas. We'll also talk about the long-term impacts of unemployment and the wealth gap and the US asking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. We'll be joined by LA Times's Borzou Daragahi, The Atlantic's Don Peck and The Texas Independent's Mary Tuma. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Borzou Daragahi, LA Times staff writer based in Beirut, Lebanon

Don Peck is a features editor of The Atlantic and author
of Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It.

Mary Tumma, a reporter with Texas Independent

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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 ALEC's annual meeting in New Orleans. That's the American Legislative Exchange Council. We'll also talk about the brutal government crackdown in Syria. We'll be joined by Propublica's Lois Beckett, investigative journalist Will Potter, and Borzou Daragahi of the LA Times joins us from Beirut. Tune in 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:
Borzou Daragahi, LA Times staff writer based in Beirut, Lebanon

Lois Beckett, a reporter with Propublica an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Will Potter, an investigative journalist and author

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of redistricting in California and new voter ID laws. We will also talk about coverage of the brutal suppression of protests in Syria. We'll be joined by independent journalist Brad Friedman, the Ventura County Star's Timm Herdt and Guardian's Martin Chulov joins us from Beirut. Listen 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:
Timm Herdt, State Editor of the Ventura County Star

Martin Chulov, The Guardian's Middle East correspondent. He is currently reporting about the Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Brad Friedman, a blogger, journalist and radio broadcaster

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of California teachers' week-long protests and Detroit's mass teacher layoff. We'll also talk about media coverage of protests commemorating the Palestinian Nakba day and President Obama's speech on the Middle East. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Simone Landon, ColorLines' Julianne Hing and IPS' Mel Frykberg joins us from Ramallah. 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:
Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Services global news agency's Ramallah correspondent

Simone Landon, Huffington Post News Editor. She also reported for the Detroit Metro Times, and the national magazine Labor Notes.

Julianne Hing, a reporter and blogger for ColorLines.com covering immigration, education and criminal justice.


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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of rising oil prices and oil speculation on Wall Street. We'll also talk about the media blackout in Syria as the government's violent crack down continues. We'll be joined by McClatchy's Kevin Hall, Propublica's Jake Bernstein and independent journalist Lamis Andoni joins us from Amman, Jordan. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hall, economic reporter with McClatchy

Jake Bernstein, a business and financial reporter for ProPublica.

Lamis Andoni, an independent journalist, analyst and commentator on Middle Eastern and Palestinian affairs.

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