Every year since 1976, Project Censored, our nation's oldest
news-monitoring group--a university-wide project at Sonoma State
University founded by Carl Jensen, directed for many years by Peter
Phillips, and now under the leadership of Mickey Huff--has produced a
Top-25 list of underreported news stories and a book, Censored,
dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly
news, but that are missing because of media bias and self-censorship.
Seven Stories Press has been publishing this yearbook since 1994,
featuring the top stories listed democratically in order of importance
according to students, faculty, and a national panel of judges. Each of
the top stories is presented at length, alongside updates from the
investigative reporters who broke the stories. Beyond the Top-25
stories, additional chapters delve further into timely media topics: The
Censored News and Media Analysis section provides annual updates on Junk
Food News and News Abuse, Censored Déjà Vu, signs of hope in the
alternative and news media, and the state of media bias and alternative
coverage around the world. In the Truth Emergency section, scholars and
journalists take a critical look at the US/NATO
military-industrial-media empire. And in the Project Censored
International section, the meaning of media democracy worldwide is
explored in close association with Project Censored affiliates in
universities and at media organizations all over the world. A perennial
favorite of booksellers, teachers, and readers everywhere, Censored is
one of the strongest life signs of our current collective desire to get
the news we citizens need--despite what Big Media tells us.
