Episode January 17, 2020 57 min 16s

Jacobin Radio: Marc Cooper on Journalism

Suzi talks to longtime journalist Marc Cooper about the changing world of journalism and asks how the carrier of information, which used to be predominantly newsprint, then TV, and now digital, changes our concept of knowledge? And because the new technologies make possible the democratization and de-professionalization of journalism, we ask, who is a journalist? How do we interact with the new media landscape — and how do we make it work for those of us trying to build a more just society?