mediageek 5-20-05: Grassroots Labor Media in South Korea

We listen to a talk by Myoungjoon Kim of MediACT in S. Korea about the state of laborers media and media reform in that country. This talk was given during a session on globalizing media reform at the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform.

We also discuss right-wing attacks on the Newspaper Guild's Linda Foley for comments she made at the conference regarding military attacks on journalists.

The mediageek radioshow is a weekly critical look at our media environment, with a focus on independent media and the people who make it.

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The show is 29:50 minutes.
The first file is the 64kbps broadcast quality mp3