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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Georgia Tech's Internet & Public Policy Project (IP3) welcomes Joseph Torres, co-author of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, and senior advisor for government and external affairs at Free Press.
About the Speaker:
Joseph Torres advocates in Washington to ensure that our nations media and telecommunications policies serve the public interest. He also works to build new coalitions to broaden the base of the media reform movement. His book News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, examines the history of people of color in the mass media.
Joseph also serves on the board of directors of the Center for Media Justice and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. Before joining Free Press, Joseph worked as deputy director of communications and media policy at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was a journalist for several years.
