On today's Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss coverage of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly. We’ll also talk about the impacts of the oil boom on communities in North Dakota and Montana. We’ll be joined by freelance journalist Evelyn Nieves, McClatchy’s Kevin Hall and 100 Reporters’ Chad Bouchard. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us at 10am pst or leave a comment here. It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Chad Bouchard, staff reporter for 100 Reporters, a non-profit news organization
Evelyn Nieves, freelance journalist
Kevin Hall, national economics reporter for McClatchy Newspapers
Web Resources:
100Reporters: Austerity not on the Show
McClatchy: U.S. oil boom comes with tradeoffs and an ugly underbelly
Alternet: The North Dakota Oil Fracking Boom Creates Clash of Money and Devastation
Grist: How the oil boom in Montana has turned railroads into a pipeline
Environment News Service: Tar Sands Blockaders Arrested, Police Accused of Torture