The Bullpen of New York University’s Department of Journalism provides an illustrative tale for anyone wondering about the lack of coverage of the LaVena Johnson case in the mainstream media. Alexandra Zendrian recounts a sobering story told by Vanessa Bush, executive editor of Essence:
Sometimes conflicts of interest arise when editors plan to run [...]
From the monthly archives:
May 2007
Ann McGlynn of the Quad-City Times takes note of LaVena Johnson in a group of profiles of the nine American women soldiers under the age of 20 who have died in Iraq. The material on LaVena is based on an interview with LaVena’s parents, John and Linda.
LaVena had been in Iraq for eight weeks when [...]
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What do you say to the war dead on Memorial Day?
You tell them, perhaps, that you are sorry you never got the chance to know them. Who they were, what they loved and feared, what they hoped for. That opportunity is gone, replaced by mute stone and silent earth.
You tell them that you honor the [...]
I will be doing two radio interviews regarding the LaVena Johnson story:
Today, Thursday, May 17, at 5:35 pm Central Time with host Lloyd Sloan on The Sloan Ranger Show. This will air on St. Louis, MO area station WGNU, AM 920. This is a follow-up to my March 9 interview there and will touch on [...]
Diane Farsetta, senior researcher for the Center for Media and Democracy, examines the subtexts of the April 24 House Oversight Committee hearing. In today’s CMD Report titled “War vs. Democracy: Untold Stories from the Lynch / Tillman Hearing,” Farsetta looks beyond the cases of Cpl. Pat Tillman and Pfc. Jessica Lynch to explore the rights [...]