> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Real News Network - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/the-real-news-network/ - Published: 1999-01-03T01:06:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-06-02T02:39:38.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **The Real News Network (TRNN)** is an American news media organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. ## Organization | Name | Position | Notes | | ---------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Paul Jay | Founding Chair[\[1\]](#fn1) | 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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/MoveOn) | | Lila Garrett | International Founding Committee | [Dennis Kucinich](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/MoveOn) | | Howard Zinn | International Founding Committee | Boston University, [Center for Competitive Democracy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Center-for-Competitive-Democracy) | ### Funding TRNN has received funding from:[\[2\]](#fn2) - Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) - Ford Foundation - John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ## External links - [SourceWatch](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The%5FReal%5FNews) - [Website](https://therealnews.com/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FReal%5FNews%5FNetwork) --- 1. *International Founding Committee.* The Real News Network. Retrieved October 10, 2007, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Dindar, S. (2007, January 8). *Heard the independent news?* Ryerson Review of Journalism. [↩︎](#fnref2)