Free Speech Radio News

Free Speech Radio News (or FSRN) is an independently produced half hour daily national and international radio news program focusing on peace and social justice issues in the US and around the world. The newscast is independently distributed by FSRN, as well as by the Pacifica radio network. Hosted by Manuel Rueda, the newscast relies on over two hundred freelance reporters, on every continent except Antarctica , who use the Internet to deliver their audio reports. Features Producer: Catherine Komp Assistant Producer: Vinod K.

Since March 2002, FSRN has been aired and distributed by the Pacifica Network, and received major financial support from Pacifica. Alternative Radio • Against the Grain • Between the Lines • CounterSpin • Democracy Now! • Explorations • Flashpoints • Free Speech Radio News • Hard Knock Radio • Making Contact • MyND Talk • New Dimensions • Sprouts • This Way Out • TUC Radio • Uprising • We Ourselves • Women s International News Gathering Service Current: Aimee Allison • Dennis Bernstein • Blase Bonpane • Don Bustany • Pratap Chatterjee • Davey D • Brian Edwards-Tiekert • Deepa Fernandes • Jack Foley • Amy Goodman • Juan González • Doug Henwood • Michio Kaku • Rose Ketabchi • Sonali Kolhatkar • Sasha Lilley • Nicole Sawaya • Jeremy Scahill • C.S. Soong • Roy Tuckman .

FSRN is collectively run by its workers and reporters. The strike lasted twenty-six months until March 2002.

Jose Interim Host: Manuel Rueda Headlines Producers: Nell Abrams and Jes Burns DC Editor: Leigh Ann Caldwell Technical Producers: Puck Lo and Rose Ketabchi In January 2000, free-lance reporters for the former Pacifica Network News engaged in a strike, citing censorship by Pacifica s then Executive Director and Board. At its March board meeting, the Pacifica board unanimously passed a resolution it negotiated with the strikers acknowledging the significant role they played in returning Pacifica to its historic mission, and pledging to end censorship of any programming throughout the network. Free Speech Radio News was formed in 2000 as an independent newscast by the strikers and has remained an independent program since that time.

It is a non-profit organization, with funding from Pacifica Radio Network, as well as community radio stations across the US and listener-donors.