Project Censored:The State of the Free Press – A Look Back at 50 Years of Project Censored

Eleanor Goldfield & Mickey Huff host this week’s program.  Today on this special episode of the Project Censored show, we look back at 50 years of the Project with a roundtable conversation about the forthcoming State of the Free Press 2026. Joined by associate director Shealeigh Voitl and editor-at-large Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of that 50 year history, the echoes of systemic problems within our media and also therefore within our society. Shealeigh Voitl is Project Censoreds associate director, and coeditor of the yearbook series, state of the free press. Andy Lee Rothis editor-at-large for Project Censored and its publishing imprint, The Censored Press. He is co-editor of ProjectsState of the Free Pressyearbook series, and a coauthor ofThe Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People. Roth began working with the Project in 2006, and he served as associate director from 2012-2024.  They discuss and dissect what critical media literacy really is, solutions and citizen journalism, journalistic ethics and what a press of and for by the people really means, and why we need it now more than ever. The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The post Project Censored:The State of the Free Press – A Look Back at 50 Years of Project Censored appeared first on KPFA.