Thom Hartmann, Jeremy Scahill and a host of independent investigative journalists will be at Sonoma State University for Project Censored's annual Media Accountability Conference and Awards Ceremony, Oct. 26 and 27.
On Friday, Oct. 26, journalists Jeremy Scahill, Robert Parry, Frank Morales and Mike Whitney discuss the media's response to recent erosions of civil liberties.
Throughout the day on Saturday, Oct. 27, panelists present and discuss some of the investigative reports featured in the Censored 2008 Top 25 under-covered stories of the year which can be viewed at http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2008/index.htm.
All the authors will be honored at the popular Top 25 Awards Ceremony during the noon luncheon on Saturday. The closing keynote at 4 p.m. features radio host Thom Hartmann on "Holding Media Accountable: How We Recognize Censorship in the Modern Era."
To register for the Media Accountability Conference, or to learn more about it and the presenters, visit the conference web page at
http://www.projectcensored.org/conference/07Confsite.htm
or call (707) 664-3160.
The conference is sponsored at Sonoma State University by Associated Students Productions, Media Freedom Foundation, and Students for Media Democracy.
