Project Censored
Posted by socash on April 21, 2009
Project Censored is the name of an non-profit investigative project established in 1976 by Carl Jensen. Project Censored is a media research group that ‘tracks’ news and how it is covered. The internet has allowed the project to develop successfully by means of its official website, which attracts around 1 million views per month from a global audience. Its tagline is: “The news that didn’t make the news”.
Project Censored Front Page
Students from the university maintain the site with the guidance of the staff at Sonoma State University - where the project is based. Its director is Peter Phillips.
The project operates thus: Throughout the year, various journalists, academics, and other people submit news stories that are analysed for their “coverage, content, reliability of sources and national significance” by students, faculty and others in Sonoma State University. At the end of each year, 25 stories are selected on criteria such as “underreported, ignored, misrepresented, or censored”, and submitted to a panel of judges. These stories are then published in a yearbook called ‘Censored: Media Democracy in Action’.
The project operates thus: Throughout the year, various journalists, academics, and other people submit news stories that are analysed for their “coverage, content, reliability of sources and national significance” by students, faculty and others in Sonoma State University. At the end of each year, 25 stories are selected on criteria such as “underreported, ignored, misrepresented, or censored”, and submitted to a panel of judges. These stories are then published in a yearbook called ‘Censored: Media Democracy in Action’.
- Top 25 Censored Stories
Of the top 25 under-reported stories selected for 2009, top of the list came: ‘Over one million Iraqi deaths caused by US occupation’. The full list of this year’s Top 25 Censored stories can be found here. A video about Project Censored may be viewed below.
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