Al Giordano
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Al Giordano (born 1960) is a journalist who operates the Narco News Bulletin, reporting on the War on Drugs, the political blog The Field, reporting on the 2008 presidential election, and the School of Authentic Journalism. Giordano was born in the Bronx and attended Mamaroneck High School in Mamaroneck, New York.
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[edit] Biography
In 1976, when he was sixteen, he went to Albany and testified before a legislative commission in the state senate against nuclear power, felt completely ignored and concluded that the tactic of lobbying the government was futile. He was arrested for what would be the first of twenty-seven times on May 1st, 1977. When he was twenty and living in a cabin in Rowe, Massachusetts, running the Rowe Nuclear Conversion Campaign, which ended in the first-ever shutdown of an operating nuclear power plant in America, he met Abbie Hoffman, who called him "the best political organizer of his generation." The two worked together until Hoffman's death in 1989, opposing U.S. intervention in Nicaragua and fighting to save the Delaware and St. Lawrence rivers. He also occasionally worked on political campaigns, notably for senator John Kerry.
[edit] Narco News
On April 18, 2000, Giordano launched Narco News, a nonprofit news organization, to better inform Americans on the actions of the United States and other governments in the War on Drugs in Central and South America. Narco News features both original reporting and English translations of reports from Spanish-language media.
[edit] The Field
On December 13, 2007, Giordano launched The Field, a political blog covering the 2008 presidential election. His coverage includes analysis and predictions of presidential primaries, for which his predictions have been very accurate, calling the winner in over 37 of the 40 democratic primary contests.
[edit] Other Work
In 1983, Giordano led an effort to defeat a referendum to divert the Delaware river. The referendum was supported by the Philadelphia Electric Company, and was defeated May 17, 1983, by a margin of 58-42.
From 1993 to 1996, Giordano worked as a reporter for The Boston Phoenix. He also writes articles for The Nation and the Evergreen Review.
[edit] References
- ^ Udovitch, Mim. "US: Hot Muckraker: Al Giordano". Media Awareness Project. August 30, 2001.
- ^ "Never Pick a TV Ad Fight with a Guy that Has 1.3 Million Donors". April 15, 2008.
