In fall 2008, voters cast their ballots in the most significant election in decades. Race and gender were front and center in the historic presidential campaigns. As the American political world prepared itself for a major transformation, was media tuned in, or tuned out?
Two days after election day, Reclaim the Media brought folks together at Seattle's Antioch University for a post-election celebration of democracy - and a critical look at how US media dealt with the challenges of campaign coverage 2008. Speakers in this recorded excerpt include Jan Strout (Reclaim the Media/Washington NOW), Jennifer Pozner (Women in Media and News), Lorena González (Latino PAC of Washington), Naomi Ishisaka (One America), and Cory Fisher-Hoffman (Prometheus Radio Project), and B.J. Bullert (Antioch University Center for Creative Change).
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