GRITtv

GRITtv With Laura Flanders
Web address www.grittv.org
Type of site
 News, Political Analysis & Commentary
Registration Optional
Owner Laura Flanders
Launched 2008
Revenue Viewer Sponsored
Alexa rank
 negative increase 4,626,637 (April 2014)[1]

GRITtv is an online media platform, founded by liberal[2] journalist Laura Flanders in 2008.[3] GRITtv.org produces an array of programming, including, starting on May 12, 2008, "GRITtv with Laura Flanders"[4] which was syndicated daily on cable,[5] satellite and public television for three years [6]] until May 2011.[7] The weekly "Laura Flanders Show" is now syndicated nationally and internationally online, including on TeleSUR English.[8] GRITtv produces live events, like the politics-and-arts series, Risky Talking held at SLAM, the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics in Williamsburg, and The State of Female Justice (co-produced with VDay for One Billion Rising) as well as panels at the Ford Foundation. GRITtv also offers media training[9] especially tailored for grassroots leaders and activists, especially women. GRITtv is produced by a woman-led, woman-owned media company[10] based in New York City.

Overview

Launched on May 12, 2008 GRITtv addresses the under-representation and misrepresentation of social movements, grassroots leaders and socially engaged artists in mainstream media through a combination of interviews, field reports, commentaries, documentary reviews and economic analysis.[11] Flanders, a best-selling author[12] and former Air America Radio host,[13] also produces and distributes radio commentaries "The F Word"[14] and writes books[15] and articles.[16] In 2014, Yes Magazine and GRITtv announced a reporting collaboration, "Commonomics", to investigate "strong local economies."[17] GRITtv content appears on many progressive sites including The Nation, where Flanders is a contributing writer,[18] Common Dreams,[19] Alternet [20] and TruthOut.[21] Flanders has served as a substitute host for PBS Veteran Bill Moyers.[22] Since the earliest days of GRITtv, Flanders has been a regular guest on MSNBC, on shows including Countdown with Keith Olbermann,[23] The Ed Show,[24] All In with Chris Hayes[25] and Melissa Harris Perry.[26]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grittv.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ↑ "GRITtv Interview: Stefan Forbes". GRITtv. GRITtv. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  3. ↑ http://grittv.org
  4. ↑ "GRIT TV Launches, Will Feature Campaign Video". rollbackcampaign.org.
  5. ↑ "GRITtv with Laura Flanders". channel75.org.
  6. ↑ "GRITtv Distribution Map". google.com.
  7. ↑ http://grittv.org/?video=the-f-word-goodbye-for-now-from-grittv
  8. ↑ TeleSUR English (24 July 2014). "TeleSUR English lands in the USA". prnewswire.com.
  9. ↑ "Newsletter Spring 2013". New York Women's Foundation.
  10. ↑ "Laura Flanders Takes New Show on the Road - Womens eNews". womensenews.org.
  11. ↑ "A Glimmer of Light in Television Wasteland". counterpunch.org.
  12. ↑ "Bushwomen: How They Won the White House for Their Man: Laura Flanders: 9781844675302: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
  13. ↑ "Air America host set to speak at UD Oct. 5". udel.edu.
  14. ↑ "iTunes - Podcasts - The F Word with Laura Flanders by Laura Flanders". iTunes.
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ "Laura Flanders". c-span.org.
  17. ↑ "YES! Magazine Launches COMMONOMICS, New Investigative Series". Common Dreams.
  18. ↑ "Laura Flanders - The Nation". thenation.com.
  19. ↑ "Site". Common Dreams.
  20. ↑ "GRITtv and The Nation Live at Noon: Voters on the Verge". Alternet.
  21. ↑ "Laura Flanders". truth-out.org.
  22. ↑ "Laura Flanders". BillMoyers.com.
  23. ↑ "Olbermann: Bristol Palin Pro-Choice, 'Repudiating' ‘Anti-Choice’ Gov Palin ‘Hypocrisy’". NewsBusters.
  24. ↑ "Tuesday, Feb. 22nd - msnbc - The Ed Show - NBC News". msnbc.com.
  25. ↑ "Wednesday, September 4 - msnbc - All In With Chris Hayes - NBC News". msnbc.com.
  26. ↑ http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/airport-ebola-screenings-just-a-firewall--340546115608.

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