David Barsamian, a journalist, an author and a lecturer, is the founder and the director of Alternative Radio, in Colorado, which is an award-winning weekly series. Barsamian’s articles are regularly published in several magazines including the Z Magazine and The Progressive. He is working in the Radio department from 1978. His articles are widely appreciated and praised by the masses. Moreover, he lectures on several varying topics such as the U.S. foreign policy, media and Corporate Power in the U.S. Furthermore, his lectures revolve around several other countries such as India, Canada and few more. He is even famous as an author of several books including the Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky, The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting; the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy, and the list goes on. Moroever, it is his intelligence and courage, which enables him to speak and point out the sensitive controversial topics in public, which makes him as a famous, distinct journalist. However, it is interesting to note that The Institute for Alternative Journalism has named him as one of its “Top Ten Media Heroes”. Apart from this, David Barsamian has been honored with several other awards as well, for instance; in 2003, he received the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism and in 2006, he was honored with the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Award, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. Hence, he is quite popular and honored for his works and achievements.
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