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San Francisco | Labor & WorkersBlogger and Labor Journalist Mike Elk On The Huffington Post
Labor journalist and blogger Mike Elk discusses his firing by the Huffington Post and the role of media monopolies in getting workers to work for free. Blogger and Labor Journalist Mike Elk On The Huffington Post
http://blip.tv/laborfest/blogger-and-labor-journalist-mike-elk-on-the-huffington-post-5436721 Labor journalist Mike Elk who was fired by Ariana Huffington's journal Huffington Post talks about the situation of journalists and bloggers who are working for free and the labor conditions. The presentation was made at a forum during LaborFest titled Blogging, Journalism, The Net & Free Labor. It was held at ILWU Local 34 in San Francisco on July 31, 2011. Presently Mike Elk writes for "In These Times" The event which was part of Laborfest http://www.laborfest.net and was sponsored by the Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org Further information: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/01/mike-elk-dismissal-signals-change-in-direction-for-huffpost025.html http://www.facebook.com/heyarianna? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP3Mlfs5tLA
§Arianna Huffington
 huffington__ariana.jpg Huffington profits off of free labor by journalists and bloggers and Robert Reich and Dean Baker continue to support the Huffington Post by ignoring the picket line according to Mike Elk
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