The Real News Network
The Real News Network (TRNN) is an American news media organization based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Jay | Founding Chair[1] | CounterSpin, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival |
| Susan Adelman | International Founding Committee | American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Venice Family Clinic |
| Laszlo Barna | International Founding Committee | Barna-Alper Productions, Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), Canadian Television Fund (CTF) |
| Odelia Bay | International Founding Committee | CBC News |
| Richard Belzer | International Founding Committee | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bridgeport Post |
| Medea Benjamin | International Founding Committee | Global Exchange, Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice |
| Tony Benn | International Founding Committee | Labour Party, Stop the War Coalition |
| Phyllis Bennis | International Founding Committee | Institute for Policy Studies, Transnational Institute |
| Charles Benton | International Founding Committee | Benton Foundation, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Advisory Committee on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters |
| Julie Bergman Sender | International Founding Committee | Balcony Films, Warner Brothers, Mirage Enterprises, Egg Pictures |
| George Biggar | International Founding Committee | Legal Aid Ontario |
| Larry Birns | International Founding Committee | Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Robert Blair | International Founding Committee | Photon Control, Nova Corporation, Husky Energy |
| Val Blokowski | International Founding Committee | CBC News Network, Education Network of Ontario (ENO) |
| Jack Blum | International Founding Committee | United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
| Salih Booker | International Founding Committee | Africa Action, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) |
| Tanja Bosch | International Founding Committee | Fulbright Program |
| Jackson Browne | International Founding Committee | - |
| Helen Caldicott | International Founding Committee | Nuclear Policy Research Institute |
| Ben Cashdan | International Founding Committee | Nelson Mandela |
| John Cherian | International Founding Committee | Frontline |
| Jeff Chester | International Founding Committee | Center for Digital Democracy, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Center for Media Education (CME) |
| Afsan Chowdhury | International Founding Committee | Brac University, UNICEF, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), CNN, Deutsche Welle (DW) |
| Jeff Cohen | International Founding Committee | Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) |
| Diane Conn | International Founding Committee | - |
| John Connolly | International Founding Committee | American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) |
| Mark Cooper | International Founding Committee | Consumer Federation of America (CFA) |
| Paul Copeland | International Founding Committee | Law Society of Ontario, Innocence Canada, Law Union of Ontario, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) |
| Mary Cornish | International Founding Committee | World Bank, European Economic Community (EEC) |
| Alan Curtis | International Founding Committee | Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, Urban and Regional Policy Group (URPG), United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
| Brad deGraf | International Founding Committee | Media Venture Collective |
| Pamela de Maigret | International Founding Committee | - |
| John Duncan | International Founding Committee | - |
| Jodie Evans | International Founding Committee | Code Pink, Terra Verde |
| Mike Farrell | International Founding Committee | Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Artists Against the War, Commission on Judicial Performance |
| David Fenton | International Founding Committee | Fenton Communications, Rolling Stone |
| Tom Fenton | International Founding Committee | CBS News |
| Bob Fertik | International Founding Committee | Democrats.com, ProChoice Resource Center (PCRC), Eleanor's List, Political Women Newsletter, Women Leaders Online (WLO), Women's Voting Guide |
| Larry Fink | International Founding Committee | Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) |
| Laura Flanders | International Founding Committee | Air America Radio, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) |
| Bill Fletcher Jr. | International Founding Committee | TransAfrica Forum, Institute for Policy Studies, National Labor College (NLC) |
| Linda Foley | International Founding Committee | The Newspaper Guild (TNG), Communications Workers of America (CWA), Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) |
| Bryn Freedman | International Founding Committee | GRB Entertainment, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |
| Janeane Garofalo | International Founding Committee | Air America Radio, Win Without War, MoveOn |
| Lila Garrett | International Founding Committee | Dennis Kucinich, Americans for Democratic Action, Americans Against War in Iraq, Michael Dukakis, Progressive Democrats of America, KPFK, LA Progressive |
| Amy Goodman | International Founding Committee | Democracy Now, WBAI |
| Ferial Haffajee | International Founding Committee | Mail & Guardian |
| Ron Haggart | International Founding Committee | CounterSpin, Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, Citytv, The Fifth Estate |
| Adrian Harewood | International Founding Committee | CounterSpin |
| Buzz Hargrove | International Founding Committee | Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) |
| Sheri Herndon | International Founding Committee | KCMU, Independent Media Center (IMC) |
| Roger Hickey | International Founding Committee | Campaign for America's Future, Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Public Media Center, National Center for Economic Alternatives |
| Len Hill | International Founding Committee | American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Common Cause, Los Angeles Conservancy, California Film Commission |
| Jesse Hirsh | International Founding Committee | Media Collective, TAO, Openflows |
| Audrey Huntley | International Founding Committee | CBC News |
| Tom Hurwitz | International Founding Committee | - |
| Zane Ibrahim | International Founding Committee | Bush Radio |
| Janine Jackson | International Founding Committee | Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) |
| Peter Jenner | International Founding Committee | Sincere Management, International Music Managers Forum (IMMF), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Pink Floyd, Billy Bragg |
| Mark Karlin | International Founding Committee | BuzzFlash |
| Allan King | International Founding Committee | Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) |
| Naomi Klein | International Founding Committee | Globe and Mail, The Guardian, The Nation |
| Sashi Kumar | International Founding Committee | Asianet, Media Development Foundation, Asian College of Journalism |
| Tawana Kupe | International Founding Committee | School of Literature, Language and Media (SLLM), University of Zimbabwe, University of Oslo, Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) |
| Lewis Lapham | International Founding Committee | Harper's Magazine |
| Eun Sook Lee | International Founding Committee | National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD), National Immigration Forum |
| Josée Legault | International Founding Committee | Parti Québécois, Le Devoir |
| Avi Lewis | International Founding Committee | CounterSpin |
| Stephen Lewis | International Founding Committee | United Nations Special Envoy for HIV-AIDS in Africa, UNICEF, Stephen Lewis Foundation |
| Mark Lloyd | International Founding Committee | Center for American Progress (CAP), Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CNN |
| Hanadi Loubani | International Founding Committee | York University |
| Eric Margolis | International Founding Committee | Sun Media, Dawn Pakistan, American Conservative |
| Gavin MacFayden | International Founding Committee | Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), Granada Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |
| Paul Maslin | International Founding Committee | Dean for America |
| Robert McChesney | International Founding Committee | Free Press, University of Illinois |
| Judith McCormack | International Founding Committee | Downtown Legal Services, Ontario Labour Relations Board |
| Nicco Mele | International Founding Committee | Howard Dean, Common Cause, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) |
| Jyoti Mistry | International Founding Committee | University of the Witwatersrand, Wits School of Arts |
| George Monbiot | International Founding Committee | The Guardian, University of Oxford |
| Andre Morriseau | International Founding Committee | Indspire Awards, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network, Nation2Nation, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival |
| Mishuk Munier | International Founding Committee | BBC World Service, Ekushey Television (ETV), University of Dhaka |
| David Newman | International Founding Committee | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Geopolitics, Jerusalem Post |
| John Nichols | International Founding Committee | The Nation, The Capital Times, Free Press |
| Debbie Nightingale | International Founding Committee | C Channel, Ontario Media Development Corporation, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival |
| Maureen O'Donnell | International Founding Committee | Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |
| David Ostriker | International Founding Committee | CounterSpin, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Canadian Independent Film Caucus (CIFC) |
| Greg Palast | International Founding Committee | Newsnight |
| Leo Panitch | International Founding Committee | Canada Research Chairs Program, York University |
| Robert Parry | International Founding Committee | Associated Press, Iran-Contra, Consortium News |
| Francine Pelletier | International Founding Committee | The Fifth Estate |
| Greg Philo | International Founding Committee | Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) |
| Anne Pick | International Founding Committee | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) |
| Sarah Pillsbury | International Founding Committee | Liberty Hill Foundation, Center for Nonprofits and Voting, Artists for a New South Africa, Center for Creative Voices in Media |
| Chellie Pingree | International Founding Committee | Common Cause, Maine Senate |
| N. Ram | International Founding Committee | The Hindu, Business Line, Sportstar |
| Michael Ratner | International Founding Committee | Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, National Lawyers Guild (NLG) |
| Elliot Richmond | International Founding Committee | Horwath Orenstein |
| Bill Roberts | International Founding Committee | VisionTV, North American Broadcasters Association (NABA), TVO, World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) |
| Kenneth Roth | International Founding Committee | Human Rights Watch |
| Michael Saykaly | International Founding Committee | Optima Research, Centre de Recherche sur l'Opinion Publique (CROP) |
| Danny Schechter | International Founding Committee | MediaChannel, Globalvision, CNN, American Broadcasting Company (ABC) |
| Jonathan Schell | International Founding Committee | The Nation, Nation Institute, Yale Law School, New Yorker |
| Stephanie Schriock | International Founding Committee | Howard Dean, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) |
| Andrew Jay Schwartzman | International Founding Committee | Media Access Project |
| Peter Scowen | International Founding Committee | Toronto Star, CBC Radio |
| Dimape Serenyane | International Founding Committee | HerdBuoys McCann-Erickson |
| Monique Simard | International Founding Committee | Productions Virage, Cinémathèque québécoise |
| Norman Solomon | International Founding Committee | Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA), Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) |
| Kim Spencer | International Founding Committee | Link TV, ABC News |
| Jim Stanford | International Founding Committee | Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Globe and Mail |
| Joanne St. Lewis | International Founding Committee | University of Ottawa, Law Society of Ontario (LSO), Canadian Bar Association (CBA) |
| Shauna Sylvester | International Founding Committee | Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) |
| Makani Themba Nixon | International Founding Committee | Praxis Project, Transnational Racial Justice Initiative (TRJI), California State Legislature |
| David J. Theroux | International Founding Committee | Independent Institute |
| Jenny Toomey | International Founding Committee | Future of Music Coalition, Simple Machines, Washington Post, Village Voice, CNET |
| Joe Trippi | International Founding Committee | Trippi & Associates, Howard Dean |
| Gloria Tristani | International Founding Committee | United Church of Christ (UCC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), New Mexico State Corporation Commission |
| Kathleen Unger | International Founding Committee | Universal Studios, Starbright Foundation, Eagles Charitable Foundation |
| Siddharth Varadajan | International Founding Committee | The Hindu, Times of India, New York University (NYU) |
| Gore Vidal | International Founding Committee | - |
| Kenneth Walker | International Founding Committee | Lion House Productions, National Public Radio (NPR), Washington Star, ABC News, USA Today |
| Patrick Watson | International Founding Committee | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Order of Canada |
| Celia Wexler | International Founding Committee | Common Cause |
| Haskell Wexler | International Founding Committee | - |
| Bill Zimmerman | International Founding Committee | MoveOn |
| Howard Zinn | International Founding Committee | Boston University, Center for Competitive Democracy |
Funding
TRNN has received funding from:[2]
- Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)
- Ford Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
External links
International Founding Committee. The Real News Network. Retrieved October 10, 2007, from https://web.archive.org/web/20071010085225/https://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=189&thisview=item ↩︎
Dindar, S. (2007, January 8). Heard the independent news? Ryerson Review of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20070128202152/http://www.rrj.ca/online/653/ ↩︎