News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media

From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America’s racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country’s media system, just as the media has contributed to—and every so often, combated—racial oppression. This acclaimed history—chosen as one of the best books of 2011 by the Progressive magazine—reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans have received from the mainstream media, even as it depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press.

Written in an exciting, story-driven style and replete with memorable portraits of individual journalists and media executives, both famous and obscure, heroes and villains, News for All the People is destined to become the standard history of the American media.

Bestselling narrative history of American media that puts race at the center of the story.

Juan González is a winner of the George Polk Award for investigative reporting and is former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is the co-host of the nationally syndicated TV and radio show Democracy Now! and is a columnist for the New York Daily News. He has written several books, including Harvest of Empire, Roll Down Your Window, and (with Joseph Torres) News for All the People.Joseph Torres is the senior advisor for government and external affairs for Free Press, the national media reform organization. Before joining Free Press, he worked as deputy director at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was a journalist for several years.