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SOAPBOX SUBLIME — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jul 21, 2009 11:48 AM

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Classroom Journalism — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Sep 08, 2009 12:43 AM

Empire Report's "Classroom Journalism" column celebrates all reports written as part of a class activity or assignment. Some of these reports are attempts to publish informative articles. Others are student commentaries. While each commentary's conclusion is the view of its student author, its research and reasoning is, in part, the result of the author's hard work during the school semester. As such, we ask you to join Empire Report in congratulating the Redwood Empire's student journalists.

Rojo Reports — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jan 24, 2010 09:57 AM

"Rojo Reports" is our collection of news reporting by Michael Aparicio. "I am not a professional journalist," Michael stresses, "I'm someone who considers newsworthy reporting about and for my community important; and in a world where news professionals seem more interested in sensationalizing overexposed issues, and reporting too often focuses on what's announced at staged events, newsworthy reporting about and for my community -- i.e., community journalism -- becomes a form of activism."

The Gadfly — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Dec 27, 2009 11:39 PM

"The Gadly" is Michael Aparicio's attempt to comment on education, news media, politics, consumer culture, and anything else worth questioning.

A Honyocker's Blog — by jake bayless — last modified Nov 17, 2009 09:17 PM

Homepage for Jake Bayless, founder of Empire Report.

Shonbrun Report — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Aug 19, 2009 09:51 PM

 

Norman Solomon — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jul 28, 2009 12:26 AM

Norman Solomon is the author of several books including the best selling War Made Easy. He's also the author of "Media Beat," a weekly nationally syndicated column on media and politics. He's the founder and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national consortium of policy researchers and analysts. He's appeared as a guest on many media outlets including the PBS NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, C-SPAN, public radio’s Marketplace, and NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation.

Jim Wilkinson - Who Rules Santa Rosa? — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Dec 01, 2009 02:21 PM

 

Peter Phillips — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Dec 26, 2009 09:17 PM

Peter Phillips is a professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and President of Media Freedom Foundation. The foundation is an outgrowth of Peter's past work as the Director of Project Censored, an internationally known media research program that annually identifies the “Most Censored” news stories in the United States. In addition to editing Project Censored's annual research book, "Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News," Peter has edited Impeach the President and The Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism. He's also the author of numerous Op-ed pieces in various publications, including Newsday, Social Policy, Z Magazine, Briar Patch and hundreds of national independent newspapers.

Peter B. Collins Show — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Dec 27, 2009 11:17 PM

Marin County resident Peter B Collins has been a Bay Area radio personality since 1976. In addition to his online radio program, Peter is a part owner of Monterey, CA's progressive talk station KRXA. To learn more about Peter, go to his web site at http://www.peterbcollins.com/

Martin Bennett - A Living Wage — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Dec 28, 2009 05:28 PM

Martin Bennett teaches American and California history at Santa Rosa Junior College. He is a Co-Chair of the Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County, and serves on the boards of Sonoma County Conservation Action and the North Bay Labor Council. He is also presently a Research and Policy Analyst for UNITEHERE 2850, a union representing restaurant, hotel, and food service workers in the North and East Bay. He writes regularly for the California Progress Report, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Petaluma Argus-Courier, and other publications on labor and employment issues.

Ben Boyce - Progressive Majority Coalition — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Feb 16, 2010 07:29 AM

The ‘Progressive Majority Coalition’ is dedicated to generating an analysis of local, state, national, and international political developments with an eye to building an enduring progressive majority coalition that can help chart an evolutionary path forward for American society and the world community. We are particularly interested in the construction of political realities through the media, and seek to develop intellectual resistance to the dominant memes of conventional political discourse.

Ask Jo Anne — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jul 22, 2009 07:24 AM

Hi everyone! My name is Jo Anne Cohn and I've lived in Santa Rosa for the last 12 years. I really enjoy living in Santa Rosa and am committed to making it an even better place to live. I think that one way to do this is by having safe, walkable and friendly neighborhoods. When I read that Santa Rosa has our own on-line newspaper, I volunteered to write a column about neighborhoods and some of the issues our neighborhoods face. I'm hoping that together we can brainstorm ways to improve our neighborhoods and connect with our neighbors.

LaRae Meadows — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jul 21, 2009 11:49 AM

 

Strolling Down The Avenue — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jul 21, 2009 11:49 AM

 

Jim Buoy's World — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Jul 21, 2009 11:48 AM

 

BC Capps - Welcome to the Buddhaverse — by Empire Report Editor — last modified Feb 15, 2010 02:53 PM

Personal Observations on the Human Predicament