media

Today on Your Call: What’s the state of local journalism today?

Ali Budner — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

The birth of the negative campaign ad

Art Persyko — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:11:47 +0000

Most people would agree that Citizens United was a turning point for campaign finance in the United States, paving the way for Super Political Action Committees to inject record amounts of anonymous donations into this year’s election.

Today on Your Call: Why aren’t more women on the editorial page? And why does it matter?

Ali Budner — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:41:38 +0000

On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about why women submit fewer op-eds than men and how it affects public discourse. Katie Orenstein, founder of the OpEd Project, laments that we’re hearing from only a small fraction of the world’s best minds.

Making "Reel" Change with Independent Film

City Visions — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:04:54 +0000

San Francisco has more film festivals than any other city in the country besides New York. In fact, the oldest film festival still running anywhere in the Americas is the San Francisco International Film festival - started in 1957. But San Francisco is also know as a progressive, activist city. Is there a connection between San Francisco’s activism and its love for independent cinema? What makes film such a powerful tool?

Today on Your Call: How should we respond to the sexualization of women and girls in the media?

Ali Budner — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with the makers of the film, MissRepresentation, a documentary about the increasingly sexualized portrayals of women and girls in popular culture and news media and the continued absence of women in critical leadership roles.