Derek Turner and Joe Torres of Free Press talk about Radio Ownership at 11 am Pacific Time

The weekly radio program Media Matters features host Bob McChesney in conversation with a variety of guests.

Bob McChesney is a research professor in the Institute of Communications Research and the Graduate School of Information and Library Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“The media are central to all our lives,” he says. “Yet the media are the most frequently misunderstood parts of our lives. We want to help people understand the role of media in society.”

Research Director S. Derek Turner oversees research and analysis projects, focusing on the implications of media policymaking decisions on media reform goals. Before becoming research director, Derek was a research fellow on our staff and authored articles in publications such as Policy Matters and Salon.com. Derek holds a masters degree in public policy from the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded the 2006 Smolensky prize for Outstanding Advanced Policy Analysis.

Government Relations Manager Joe Torres works closely with the policy and research staff to create Free Press’ legislative agenda, lobby in Washington, D.C. and in the states, and build new coalitions that broaden the base of the media reform movement. Before joining Free Press, Joe worked as deputy director of communications and media policy at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was a journalist for eight years.