Media Edge

"The Story of Change" (7 minutes)

This short video urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.

"The Story of Citizens United vs. FEC" (9 minutes)

An exploration of the inordinate power that corporations exercise in our democracy.

"An Evening With Chris Hedges" (1 hour, 36 minutes) 

Chris Hedges, former Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times and currently a columnist for Truthdig.com, gave a moving presentation to a capacity audience on November 1, 2013 at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Sacramento, recorded by a Media Edge video production team. Hedges was part of the team of reporters at The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. The Los Angeles Press Club honored Hedges’ original columns in Truthdig by naming the author the Online Journalist of the Year in 2009 and again in 2011. The LAPC also granted him the Best Online Column award in 2010 for his Truthdig essay “One Day We’ll All Be Terrorists.”

"Make a Better World" (5 minutes)

A music video by Media Edge producer Michael Stavros, blended with the music of Maria Muldaur.

Details
Episode Number: 
475
Duration: 
1 hour 59 min
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Category: 
486
Disposition: 
DCTV Digital Library
Format: 
1116