MediaChannel
MediaChannel "is a media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide. As the media watch the world, we watch the media." [1]
"MediaChannel founder and executive editor Danny Schechter is also a founder and vice president/executive producer of Globalvision, Inc., an award-winning media company formed in l987. Mr. Schechter was a Nieman Fellow in journalism at Harvard University, and his work has been honored by Emmy awards, the Iris award, the George Polk Award, the Major Armstrong Award and the National Association of Black Journalists, among other recognitions. Rory O'Connor, co-founder and president of Globalvision, is also president of Globalvision New Media." [2]
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Funding
"MediaChannel is a not-for-profit project of two established foundations: the U.K.-based OneWorld, publishers of the leading international supersite about human rights and sustainable development issues, www.oneworld.net; and The Global Center, a New York-based foundation that supports independent media. MediaChannel has received support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Reebok Human Rights Foundation, the Arca Foundation and the Puffin Foundation, as well as grants from individual donors. Globalvision New Media maintains MediaChannel under the direction of the two foundations. Additional underwriting support has been provided by the ABB Group." [3]
MediaChannel, International Advisors
Former Staff
- Catherine Borgman-Arboleda - Project Director
- Aliza Dichter - Co-founder
- Timothy Karr - Executive Director
