Steppin' Out Of Babylon: Radio Interviews

Reclaim the Media is based in Seattle, Washington. It focuses on media policy reform, media reform and support for independent media. Susan Gleason and Daniel Hannah are the co-founders and co-directors and they speak to us about the specific activities of the organization. Hannah focuses on media monitoring, media literacy and education and media analysis. Reclaim the Media TV focuses on the coverage of news and can be seen on the public access channel in Seattle. It looks at how media works -- the impact of the corporate media, where the inherent biases are, the independent media and it's perspectives, advocacy media and the effects of advertising so that we can understand how we're affected by media. The goal is to get people to think critically. We can ask, for example, why there are stories about certain things and not others and learn, not surprisingly, that it is often because of who is sponsoring the particular media. Reclaim the Media also teaches about media and racism, media and body image and othe