On the Dire State of the Free Press in 2024: Andy Lee Roth explains how "solutions journalism" offers a more truthful alternative to corporate owned media in America today

EPISODE 1895: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the co-editor of PROJECT CENSORED's STATE OF THE FREE PRESS 2024, about how "solutions journalism" offers a more truthful alternative to corporate owned media in America today

ANDY LEE ROTH is the associate director of Project Censored. He has co-edited thirteen previous editions of Project Censored’s yearbook, in addition to contributing chapters on Iceland and the commons (Censored 2014), the Military Commissions Act (Censored 2009) and news photographs depicting the human cost of war (Censored 2008). His research on topics ranging from ritual to broadcast news interviews and communities organizing for parklands has also appeared in journals including the International Journal of Press/Politics; Social Studies of Science; Media, Culture & Society; City & Community; and Sociological Theory. His articles have also appeared in YES! Magazine, Index on Censorship, Truthout, and In These Times. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California–Los Angeles and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Haverford College

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

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