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Today's Your Call: Friday Media Roundtable

Egypt Independent]

On today’s Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll have a conversation about coverage of the elections and the deepening political crisis in Egypt. We’ll also talk about coverage of widespread human trafficking in the United States. We’ll be joined by KGO Radio’s Scott Lettieri, Independent journalist, Beena Sarwar and freelance journalist Ahmad Shokr joins us from Cairo, Egypt. Join us at 10am PST or leave a comment here. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you

Guests:

Beena Sarwar, a leading journalist, artist and filmmaker and a former Niem Fellow

Ahmad Shokr, a freelance journalist and former English editor at the Egyptian daily Newspaper,  Al Masry Al Youm,

Scott Lettieri,  a reporter with KGO 810 in San Francisco

Web Resources:

Ahramonline: Thousand of protesters fill Tahrir Square against interference in Egypt's transition to democracy

Reuters: Tahrir Square protests as Egypt awaits result

KGO 810: Sex trafficking

LA Times: Searching for 'human trafficking' finds more resources in results

Global Post: Sex trafficking snares hundreds of thousands of American children