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Media Roundtable: Labor trafficking in the US & the bloodshed in Gaza

Frontline exposes the dark side of teen trafficking in an egg farm in Ohio in ‘Trafficked in America’";s:

The new FRONTLINE documentary, Trafficked in America, tells the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will on an egg farm in Ohio. On the next Your Call’s weekly media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of labor trafficking in the US.

We’ll also talk about the deadly protests in Gaza. On Monday, Israeli military forces shot and killed 59 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700, including 12 journalists and 17 paramedics.

Guests:

Andrés Cediel, award winning documentary filmmaker, professor of visual journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and director of the new FRONTLINE documentary Trafficked in America

Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent for The Economist, and author of How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within

Web Resources:

FRONTLINE: America’s “Invisible” Child Labor Problem

The Nation: Palestinians Engaged in Nonviolent Protest. Israel Responded With a Massacre.

Committee to Protect Journalists: Seven Palestinian journalists injured by gunfire in Gaza protests

The Guardian: A suicide in Gaza

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.